From: Mike Marion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Quoting Gabriel Sechan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Even in non-union shops, I've never seen wage increases based on
performance -- it's almost always based on sucking-up, or leverage.
Amen. My bonus? Based on company performance hitting a magic number
(side
peeve: management won't release the number). I can work my ass off and
not
do anything to effect it. Raises? Frozen since I've been here. And
still
only partly performanced based- its more based on what other in the lab
are
earning in their pay brackets. No union here- just corporate managment,
not treating us fairly because they can get away with it. On top of this,
new CEO so layoffs are likely. This place is a good candidate for a union
these days.
Man.. you guys have worked for some sucky companies. We have our goals
spelled out pretty plainly for us here. I even got one raise a couple
years
ago out of the blue.. partly because they'd done a comparison of our pay vs
industry standards and we were slipping some, and also I was doing such a
good job.
It also goes to show you how quick things can change. The HP Way used to be
touted and amde HP one of the best places to work. One CEO change later and
it died completely. Take it as a caution, since you seem to think it would
be hard to lose what we already won. It wouldn't be, and it would happen
quicker than you think. It took decades to win, remove the threat and we
could lose it in one.
Gabe
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