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Two work beefs...1) Our parent company froze annual increases last fall as the parent company took a 10% across the board cut. (Not for us.)

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Mar 27 '09, 07:38

This has lead to a number of staff bitching at me about it, which is fine, however...YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO A RAISE JUST 'CUZ! It sucks I know - mine was held up from November until yesterday - but if the company is cutting wages for the large parent company, be glad that our subsiduary is keeping them the same.

2) We had a wicked spring snow storm this week. One employee, still on probation, has called in twice this week due to the roads because she lives an hour out of town. Well guess what? That's not the company's problem and maybe that means we'll have to reconsider our options when the probation time is done. All the staff that choose to live within twenty minutes of the office managed to get in, if a little late, but still, and if you choose to commute from rural Manitoba that is fine, but weather happens and you need to factor that into your living arrangements when taking a job.

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for those who are bitching, remind them that they're lucky to still be there. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 07:46
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1. Be glad you still have your job. 2. Take an earlier train. -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 07:42
F* YOU! -- nm - AIG Execs Mar 27, 07:41
I agree with #1. 2 is tough. -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 07:40 12
- #2 is not tough. - Cuzzin Todd Mar 27, 07:59
- There's a difference between getting in late and not getting in at all. And they are in Manitoba, it's common sense to have a backup plan for snow -- nm - Roger More Mar 27, 07:56 1
  - If they are a new hire and don't have PTO yet, that is one thing. But if someone has PTO, they can use it how they want. -- nm - TFox Mar 27, 07:58
- No, it really is not. We live in Manitoba. We all know that Manitoba has snow storms. Nothing that is closing the highways, but... - Name Withheld By Request Mar 27, 07:45 8
  - Is it cheaper to live where she does? -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 07:51 6
    - Oh sure. Plus a lot of people just like living in the country for lifestyle purposes. - Name Withheld By Request Mar 27, 07:55 2
      - Maybe she has to live there. Maybe she has a lot of debt and can't love closer. -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 08:05 1
        
        not his problem. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 08:08
    - not if she gets herself fired. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 07:51 2
      - I know that! -- nm - lileve Mar 27, 07:53
      - *ding* -- nm - znufrii Mar 27, 07:52
  - I love hardass NWBR. -- nm - loosilu Mar 27, 07:45

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Two work beefs...1) Our parent company froze annual increases last fall as the parent company took a 10% across the board cut. (Not for us.)

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