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CrispyQ

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9. My husband's company is intent on cutting labor costs,
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 07:55 AM
Jun 2013

only the labor they are cutting are all the workers, no management. Last week, one guy called in sick on the same day another guy was taking vacation. The rest of the crew are temporary workers who are not trained to do anything but the most simple of tasks. They had to call two other people to cover the shift & those people still had to work their regular hours. Time and a half & double time was paid out because management does not want enough workers to cover vacations/sick calls.

It is disgusting that labor is the first place they look to cut costs, but never upper management. There are management folks where my husband works making seriously good six-figure salaries & not one of them has been laid off but half of my husband's department has. Today a big-wig from New Jersey is coming out & they are all worried that more heads are on the chopping block. Let me correct that. The workers are worried, Management is not.

We need to outsource some CEO & upper management positions.

I hate corporate America.

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