CNN layoffs

[BeyondGeography]

18. Thanks for the anecdotes; like many of the commenters here

I'm glad I'm not ten years younger, which I'm pretty sure is a new way of looking at things in America.

I'm in my mid-50's, working harder than ever. My company is very profitable but they play Lucy-with-the-football with sales goals and comp plans, which, of course, is nothing more than bogus justification for taking more for themselves. Raises are "merit-based," but since the goals are unattainable, no one's worthy. Except them, which is obviously happening all over, with corporate profits at all-time highs and incomes stagnant.

And, of course, the threat of job loss is always in the air and keeps you delivering the goods to them for lack of an alternative. There's very little movement in the work force. People are dug in and playing defense; an owners paradise, which doesn't make them happy anyway, but that's another story.