[kj] OT: redundancy and infuriating greed

[Alexander Smith]

Good lord! God luck to you, Janean.

Alex in NYC


On Mar 11, 2010, at 6:34 AM, Janean wrote:


> Thanks for all the well wishes.

>

> My colleague and I have decided to propose “job share” where we cut  

> 50 percent of our hours saving the college the same amount of  

> money.  This will still enable us to cover our mortgages and help us  

> sleep at night.  We’ll have to see if THEY agree to it. What stupid  

> is that we both do different jobs with different skills, so they’d  

> lose out if one of us left and would end up outsourcing some of the  

> work!

>

> The man who is making all these decisions was recently appointed  

> Vice Principal from his previous position of Director of Finance.   

> The college has a £500k deficit.  Surely this has something to do  

> with decisions he’s been part of – but all the little people are  

> paying for his mistakes.  Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?

>

> Cheers,

> Janean

>

> From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net 

> ] On Behalf Of Karen Weil

> Sent: 10 March 2010 18:25

> To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)

> Subject: Re: [kj] Latest Blog Post from Youth:

>

> My sentiments echo Folk's about Janean's situation. Really not fair  

> to her or the colleague.

> Greed is infuriating.

>

> k.w.

> SoCal

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: folk devil

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 8:16 AM

> Subject: Re: [kj] Latest Blog Post from Youth:

>

> Sorry to hear about your job situation, Janean.

> They've been doing the same where I work. All of we plebs get  

> furloughs and wage decreases while the upper eschelons keep banking  

> it.

> I am now almost earning less than I did 6 years ago.

>

> From: j at jlancaster.info

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:08:57 +0000

> Subject: Re: [kj] Latest Blog Post from Youth:

>

> Don’t know yet.  Our jobs are going but they are creating new posts  

> for people to compete for.  I will have to compete with my colleague  

> (who’s also my best friend’s husband) for one new post.  There’s  

> enough work for us both to be busy full time, but they don’t see it  

> like that of course.  It doesn’t matter for the man who made that  

> decision because he’s on £75k and can sleep pretty soundly at night.

>

> Wankers.

>

> Sorry for the OT moaning!

>

>

>

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