For some, the pendulum is in slow motion

[Horse with no Name]

I know that we have not seen the worst, but so far this week:

My mom's company cut their benefits back to give them less days off with pay, fewer sick days and no overtime.
My SIL's company cut them back 1 hour a day--and told them hopefully that was all they had to do because other plants were cutting back to every other week.
My company cut supervisors pay 10% across the board (this was on the heels of another pay cut).

I have a pretty good idea of how this will end, but I just wonder how long it is going to take.:(

[HereSince1628]

1. Forewarned is forearmed. You're lucky you can read the writing on the wall

You have a better chance than many to prepare for the quick stop at the end of the fall.

Good Luck.

[AirmensMom]

2. My husband

will be losing his job in March, or sooner. We can't afford the COBRA payments on my SSD. He would gladly take a cut in pay.

We thought we'd be in good shape by this point in our lives. :cry:

[Horse with no Name]

3. I hear you

I am concerned for my job--but my profession will have jobs somewhere (even if I have to drive) so I am not that concerned yet.

[AirmensMom]

4. It's political

with his job. They have piss poor management and are getting rid of some of the most talented people, just because they're senior level. Sort of smells like age discrimination. So just offer them a pay cut and see if they'll take it! But also they're cutting off the telecommuters unless they move to one of the approved sites. We can't move now, so we're hit with two of their "reasons."

I've vowed not to shop at any site with a certain security logo displayed, as a protest against what this company is doing.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

5. certain security logo Come on, share

We love to boycott the greedy bastards here.

[AirmensMom]

7. PM me

if you're really interested.

All we need is trouble before the end date.

[Lorien]

6. One of my best clients is going under, and my top client isn't

sending out work anymore. I've spent more than half of this year unemployed. I'll have to kill my health insurance soon, plus every other non-critical expense. I keep wondering about how much longer I'll be able to keep this roof over my head. :-(