american corporation

namecid

I posted some things on here yesterday. I get to work and on mondays we get a newsletter/blog from a suit coat. It says we are well on our way of meeting our goal of cutting our budget by $1 billion. He states with all the cutbacks at work, how people are cutting their own bugets and wants us to share with the people. Are you kidding me?? A guy who made over $5 million last year wants people who make $10/hr to share how they cut their own budgets. This guy needs to work at store level again and see the impact not only on employees but with customer service. It angers me to hear from someone who doesn't have a clue what is real. I wish I could make millions a year and ask someone who is making around $20,000 a year, how are you making buget cuts. I think he's trying to make employees mad!!!

chadwick

namecid wrote:

I posted some things on here yesterday. I get to work and on mondays we get a newsletter/blog from a suit coat. It says we are well on our way of meeting our goal of cutting our budget by $1 billion. He states with all the cutbacks at work, how people are cutting their own bugets and wants us to share with the people. Are you kidding me?? A guy who made over $5 million last year wants people who make $10/hr to share how they cut their own budgets. This guy needs to work at store level again and see the impact not only on employees but with customer service. It angers me to hear from someone who doesn't have a clue what is real. I wish I could make millions a year and ask someone who is making around $20,000 a year, how are you making buget cuts. I think he's trying to make employees mad!!!

wow....
insane.
it's stuff like this makes me question the human race.
one day someone or something will kick him square in the nuts.
how can someone who is a multi millionaire ask and expect someone who makes $10.00 a hour to work for less?

i loathe this suit coat guy and what the company.

Get_Right

did he ask you to take a pay cut?

if not, I dont see how brainstorming ways to save money is all that bad
the news letter goes out to all employees right?
you just might learn something that could help your bottom line

The Juggler

Get_Right wrote:

did he ask you to take a pay cut?

if not, I dont see how brainstorming ways to save money is all that bad
the news letter goes out to all employees right?
you just might learn something that could help your bottom line

on point.

namecid

Get_Right wrote:

did he ask you to take a pay cut?

if not, I dont see how brainstorming ways to save money is all that bad
the news letter goes out to all employees right?
you just might learn something that could help your bottom line

The problem is most employees are already living paycheck to paycheck. Unless you're a pharmacist, you can't afford it. My hours have been cut to 35/wk. I've been told that I make to much for my position so I see a pay cut coming. I live below my means so as long as its not $8/hr cut I should be fine.

chadwick

Get_Right wrote:

did he ask you to take a pay cut?

if not, I dont see how brainstorming ways to save money is all that bad
the news letter goes out to all employees right?
you just might learn something that could help your bottom line

the suit coat prick deserves to have a beer bottle broken over his face.

chadwick

The Jeagler wrote:

Get_Right wrote:

did he ask you to take a pay cut?

if not, I dont see how brainstorming ways to save money is all that bad
the news letter goes out to all employees right?
you just might learn something that could help your bottom line

on point.

i can't wait till you are making 8-10 bucks an hour.
this will be awesome for you.

good luck.

Get_Right

namecid wrote:

The problem is most employees are already living paycheck to paycheck. Unless you're a pharmacist, you can't afford it. My hours have been cut to 35/wk. I've been told that I make to much for my position so I see a pay cut coming. I live below my means so as long as its not $8/hr cut I should be fine.

thats how it is even when you are making more (at least if you have kids or a mortgage)

all I am saying is that its just blog/news letter fodder
dont you even wonder how some people live on such small incomes
might be some real money saving tips that get sent in
CEO and executive compensation, reduced employee pay/benefits in the current market etc.. are different topics for discussion

The Juggler

chadwick wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

Get_Right wrote:

did he ask you to take a pay cut?

if not, I dont see how brainstorming ways to save money is all that bad
the news letter goes out to all employees right?
you just might learn something that could help your bottom line

on point.

i can't wait till you are making 8-10 bucks an hour.
this will be awesome for you.

good luck.

i did before. i'd rather not do it again.

people who make that much now would have a different view of things if they were the one's making the decisions for companies though.

namecid

chadwick wrote:

The Jeagler wrote:

Get_Right wrote:

did he ask you to take a pay cut?

if not, I dont see how brainstorming ways to save money is all that bad
the news letter goes out to all employees right?
you just might learn something that could help your bottom line

on point.

i can't wait till you are making 8-10 bucks an hour.
this will be awesome for you.

good luck.

That's my point. They cutting the pay of the people who can least afford it. I wonder what the suit would say if corp told him that they were cutting his salary in half and expect the same amount of work. Its for the better of the company right?

blackredyellow

I think there are two different issues in this thread...

A $5 mil exec telling departments to cut payroll/hours to save money is asinine, and the guy needs kicked in the balls.

But the same guy encouraging all employees to find ways to cut costs is a good idea... Our boss does that here, and with the help of employee suggestions, we've cut utility bills, marketing expenses, office supplies, etc. No one has lost their job or had their pay lowered, but we've saved a lot of money.

chadwick

blackredyellow wrote:

A $5 mil exec telling departments to cut payroll/hours to save money is asinine, and the guy needs kicked in the balls.

i think i am in love with you.

Get_Right

namecid wrote:

That's my point. They cutting the pay of the people who can least afford it. I wonder what the suit would say if corp told him that they were cutting his salary in half and expect the same amount of work. Its for the better of the company right?

thats a different point

but, if the suit is any good, he wold leave and find employment elsewhere and probably get a raise
its easy to criticize folks that earn big paychecks, and I too am offended at some of the executive level paychecks-while the middle and lower classes are getting killed right now

that being said, that person did something to achieve that level
except for Edgar Bronfman

polaris_x

Get_Right wrote:

thats a different point

but, if the suit is any good, he wold leave and find employment elsewhere and probably get a raise
its easy to criticize folks that earn big paychecks, and I too am offended at some of the executive level paychecks-while the middle and lower classes are getting killed right now

that being said, that person did something to achieve that level
except for Edgar Bronfman

i've worked in the corporate world for a while now and i've seen much ... and in my opinion - i can say that the generic pay discrepancy between all levels of employment do not reflect anywhere close the contribution to the company's success ... not even close ...

i would easily trade any $1 million a year exec for 10 $100k workers any day ...

matabele

This shit makes me madder than hell, yeah the top people are really worth their bloated paychecks and bonuses, give me a break. I too have dealt at top level on many occasions and it's all bullshit, we had an exec over here in Europe get a whopping bonus because he figured out if you took one olive out of every jar they produced they would make even more money, no shit Sherlock, take five olives out of every jar and screw the customer even more, guess what, you'll make even more money, genius.
How about another master of the universe who said to the operators at a company I was working for, "if we get a 5% increase in production we will raise your pay", they increased production and he came back and asked for another 2%, they told him to fuck off and he said "we'll just move production to Czechoslovakia", which he promptly did, the Czechs worked for six months and then demanded a pay rise, he moved all the shit back to the UK, the whole fiasco cost close to a £1 000 000 and the company no longer exists but his bonus still got paid.
The time for rioting in the streets is coming, overpaid and overrated twats don't realise it's not sustainable. grrrrrrrrrrrr, where's that bottle of Jack!

chadwick

matabele wrote:

This shit makes me madder than hell, yeah the top people are really worth their bloated paychecks and bonuses, give me a break. I too have dealt at top level on many occasions and it's all bullshit, we had an exec over here in Europe get a whopping bonus because he figured out if you took one olive out of every jar they produced they would make even more money, no shit Sherlock, take five olives out of every jar and screw the customer even more, guess what, you'll make even more money, genius.
How about another master of the universe who said to the operators at a company I was working for, "if we get a 5% increase in production we will raise your pay", they increased production and he came back and asked for another 2%, they told him to fuck off and he said "we'll just move production to Czechoslovakia", which he promptly did, the Czechs worked for six months and then demanded a pay rise, he moved all the shit back to the UK, the whole fiasco cost close to a £1 000 000 and the company no longer exists but his bonus still got paid.
The time for rioting in the streets is coming, overpaid and overrated twats don't realise it's not sustainable. grrrrrrrrrrrr, where's that bottle of Jack!

nice report.
thank you for that.
i vote for hangings.

the next executive that buys a yacht while ppl that work under him/her struggle to feed their families
should be set on fire with gulf crude oil and then hung until death.

The Juggler

matabele wrote:

This shit makes me madder than hell, yeah the top people are really worth their bloated paychecks and bonuses, give me a break. I too have dealt at top level on many occasions and it's all bullshit, we had an exec over here in Europe get a whopping bonus because he figured out if you took one olive out of every jar they produced they would make even more money, no shit Sherlock, take five olives out of every jar and screw the customer even more, guess what, you'll make even more money, genius.
How about another master of the universe who said to the operators at a company I was working for, "if we get a 5% increase in production we will raise your pay", they increased production and he came back and asked for another 2%, they told him to fuck off and he said "we'll just move production to Czechoslovakia", which he promptly did, the Czechs worked for six months and then demanded a pay rise, he moved all the shit back to the UK, the whole fiasco cost close to a £1 000 000 and the company no longer exists but his bonus still got paid.
The time for rioting in the streets is coming, overpaid and overrated twats don't realise it's not sustainable. grrrrrrrrrrrr, where's that bottle of Jack!

sorry sir. the OP appears to only be upset at american corporations. :roll: :roll: :roll:

The Juggler

chadwick wrote:

matabele wrote:

This shit makes me madder than hell, yeah the top people are really worth their bloated paychecks and bonuses, give me a break. I too have dealt at top level on many occasions and it's all bullshit, we had an exec over here in Europe get a whopping bonus because he figured out if you took one olive out of every jar they produced they would make even more money, no shit Sherlock, take five olives out of every jar and screw the customer even more, guess what, you'll make even more money, genius.
How about another master of the universe who said to the operators at a company I was working for, "if we get a 5% increase in production we will raise your pay", they increased production and he came back and asked for another 2%, they told him to fuck off and he said "we'll just move production to Czechoslovakia", which he promptly did, the Czechs worked for six months and then demanded a pay rise, he moved all the shit back to the UK, the whole fiasco cost close to a £1 000 000 and the company no longer exists but his bonus still got paid.
The time for rioting in the streets is coming, overpaid and overrated twats don't realise it's not sustainable. grrrrrrrrrrrr, where's that bottle of Jack!

nice report.
thank you for that.
i vote for hangings.

the next executive that buys a yacht while ppl that work under him/her struggle to feed their families
should be set on fire with gulf crude oil and then hung until death.

i would own at least 3 yachts if i was a top executive and made millions of bucks per year

.......by the way--so would you despite what you say now.

dcfaithful

blackredyellow wrote:

I think there are two different issues in this thread...

A $5 mil exec telling departments to cut payroll/hours to save money is asinine, and the guy needs kicked in the balls.

But the same guy encouraging all employees to find ways to cut costs is a good idea... Our boss does that here, and with the help of employee suggestions, we've cut utility bills, marketing expenses, office supplies, etc. No one has lost their job or had their pay lowered, but we've saved a lot of money.

The main difference is effective vs. ineffective business strategies.

We can clearly tell the first example's motive: More money is his conniving pocket.

matabele

What difference does it make if they are USA thieves or European thieves, it's all the same in the modern corporate world. Not everybody dreams of yachts most of us would be happy with just being comfortable, I have been at both ends of the financial scale on many occasions and have found the happiest people in the middle.
These scumbags better watch out, chadwick is going to lead us when we burn their empires to the ground!

BinauralJam

matabele wrote:

This shit makes me madder than hell, yeah the top people are really worth their bloated paychecks and bonuses, give me a break. I too have dealt at top level on many occasions and it's all bullshit, we had an exec over here in Europe get a whopping bonus because he figured out if you took one olive out of every jar they produced they would make even more money, no shit Sherlock, take five olives out of every jar and screw the customer even more, guess what, you'll make even more money, genius.
How about another master of the universe who said to the operators at a company I was working for, "if we get a 5% increase in production we will raise your pay", they increased production and he came back and asked for another 2%, they told him to fuck off and he said "we'll just move production to Czechoslovakia", which he promptly did, the Czechs worked for six months and then demanded a pay rise, he moved all the shit back to the UK, the whole fiasco cost close to a £1 000 000 and the company no longer exists but his bonus still got paid.
The time for rioting in the streets is coming, overpaid and overrated twats don't realise it's not sustainable. grrrrrrrrrrrr, where's that bottle of Jack!

You, i like.