Delete comment from: Captain Capitalism
I have the opposite problem - I work way too many hours along with a frantic work pace because I work for an anorexic corporation run by greedy bastards.
In my case, due to unreasonable headcount cuts, I work around 55 hours per week just trying to do essentials.
Of course I'm salaried, so all that OT gets me is the sincere appreciation of the company - NOT!
I have no backup or backfill - nobody else can do 95% of what I do, there is no time to train a backup - they don't have time to learn and I don't have time to teach them.
All these reductions in staff and offshoring to (incompetent) global resources has been driven directly from the CEOs office - the strategy is to cut costs for the short term to raise executive compensation, then jump ship when the CEO retires, leaving the next CEO to deal with the problems the predecessor created.
I'd love to have a 40 hour week with the same salary I earn now.
I'm very tempted to limit my work to 45 hours a week, and let things screw up, crash, break or not get done. I see no reason why I should continue to work so many hours to keep the business running, while keeping the executives from reaping the natural consequences of their poor decisions.
Suck eggs, Sam.
Aug 21, 2008, 6:08:00 AM
Posted to Employees Are Obsolete