An Equation

Sounds to me like some marriages.

This has been going on in the lower echelons of the workplace for many many years. People are expected to work harder and faster to reach ridiculous targets. Training is minimal and there are huge staff turn-overs...there is always someone new wanting to step up. The work can be degrading and is certainly demoralising.

This really is awful p1ke - as if the Boss didn't work hard enough to earn her salary before hand! You took the words right out of my mouth - they are doing it now because they know that they can get away with it, with the economy struggling so badly and the employment situation in the difficulties it is. I bet that those at the very upper echelons of the business, the fatcats, are not losing any percentage of their income and would be most surprised if the thought of doing extra work even entered their tiny little minds! Tell the Boss I am behind her if she wants to give them a good telling off I will help! xxxx

Guess jolly old has reached it's 'redundancy' rate and is now playing a different but just as defeating kind of game with the working population huh? Sorry to hear this P1ke. Like you all need more grief right now.... Keep in mind, there's lot's of room in Saskat. And we don't have a redundancy policy as rampant as yours!

This must be what Rahm Emanuel means by saying a recession is a great opportunity. Take advantage of people desperate to keep their jobs while firing others to improve your bottom line. More work for those who keep their jobs, get rid of all but the essential people who can pick up the workload. Yep, lots of opportunity there. Sorry for the Boss. I certainly hope her job is as pleasant as possible.

Big companies expect loyalty but show none. A trend that will hopefully reverse one of these days...

Why are you wondering? These people have little choice but to put up with is as there are so few jobs to go to. I do get angry about this sort of behaviour as our parents, at least mine, fought hard to stop this sort of thing happening and all the work they did has gradually been undermined in various ways. my brother was lucky enough to have reached the age where he could take early retirement when the same thing happened to him.

i would think that a lot of businesses will do this once they know that there are no jobs out there to go to, guess they can get away with whatever they want when times get like they are now. Guess we would have to hang on and hope that it gets better in the future, I don't see that happening, I think our new president is determined to bring us down. We can only pray that god is watching and will take care of us.

that is horrible for the boss.i have just done a survey all last week about employment and every ones worries about what the future holds.this sort of thing was a big concern,and hanging on to your job.this survey also showed us how and where to find what the minimal wages for adult are etc.do you have unions over there where your wife works,i think they need to know the conditions people are working under,as they should not be pushing people that hard they become ill.what about occupational health and safety.where i work we are big on occupational health and safety and they set the guidelines on what is a safe load of work etc.for example i collect blood within a hospital,i average a bout 12 patients per hour,depending on how difficult they are or their access.legally i am only required to collect 6 per hour.this is set in guidelines set by occupational health and safety,so if any one comes along and tells me to go and work harder or do more,for less money i can tell them to p.ss off and legally they can not touch me,or i can go to the unions and tell them how unsafe their request is and they can not sack me for that.your wife's health is important so i hope all goes well for her.cheers sue

Hi p1key, That is disgusting, thats what you call taken advantage of the situation and using their work force for their own means, but such is life that you can't do anything about it, but there is something I've read, no company are allowed to lower your wages but can cut your hours down, it is illegal to cut your pay. That is what it say in a lw book, You and Your Rights. Huga. Tamara xxxx

Hey p1ke! That doesn't sound like it makes very much sense. Why would they do something that is going to make their employees so miserable? Oh, never mind! It's about the money! I guess they are hoping that they'll quit so they can hire people for less money. But, what they aren't thinking about is how many hours it will take to train new people to do the same work and how much slower they will probably be since they won't be as familiar with the job! Businesses don't use logic sometimes when they think they are cutting corners! The really just end up making a mess and costing themselves more money in the long run. I've seen how this tecnique works or should I say doesn't work!

This is nothing but exploitation the workers.The employers take the opportunity of scarcity of jobs.This is one kind of slavery.It is the characteristics of capitalism to gain more profit by exploiting the workers or the employees.If the workers protest the employer find the smell of communism.If the exploitation goes on such a way communism may revive again.