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iwillalwayswonderwhy (1000+ posts) Tue May-24-11 12:53 AM
Original message
I saw something today I wasn't supposed to see
Edited on Tue May-24-11 01:20 AM by iwillalwayswonderwhy
I work for a company that has multiple warehouses spread across the country. We just got brand spanking new insurance benefits this year.
Today, I got an email from the corporate office that contained a spreadsheet that would show the new codes that will be on the paychecks.
But I'm a curious sort. The company has (much to their chagrin), 3 warehouses that are unionized. So when I saw the tab that said Unions, heck yeah, I opened it. Insurance benefits for the union employees will cost those employees 1/3 of what I have to pay for the very same insurance. The company itself pays a bigger piece of their insurance than for the rest of it.
I don't begrudge the union employees in the slightest. But I could plainly see in an instant, why corporations despise unions. I also saw in an instant, why unions are so valuable to workers.
I quietly closed the spreadsheet and pondered on this a while.
I'm still pondering.
Edited to make this a little more vague.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1162218
Ok...typical DUmmythread....but this reply made me laugh....
LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Tue May-24-11 12:58 AM
Response to Original message
2. I see your point but it is never a good idea to talk about what you did at your job on the Internet.
There has been at least one incident here where someone talked about something job-related and it got back to their employer. There are people who actively seek to disrupt the lives of people on DU. I would recommend alerting on your own thread and asking for it to be deleted.
Naaaaaaaaaaaaa people would never do that....:D
Original message
I saw something today I wasn't supposed to see
Edited on Tue May-24-11 01:20 AM by iwillalwayswonderwhy
I work for a company that has multiple warehouses spread across the country. We just got brand spanking new insurance benefits this year.
Today, I got an email from the corporate office that contained a spreadsheet that would show the new codes that will be on the paychecks.
But I'm a curious sort. The company has (much to their chagrin), 3 warehouses that are unionized. So when I saw the tab that said Unions, heck yeah, I opened it. Insurance benefits for the union employees will cost those employees 1/3 of what I have to pay for the very same insurance. The company itself pays a bigger piece of their insurance than for the rest of it.
I don't begrudge the union employees in the slightest. But I could plainly see in an instant, why corporations despise unions. I also saw in an instant, why unions are so valuable to workers.
I quietly closed the spreadsheet and pondered on this a while.
I'm still pondering.
Edited to make this a little more vague.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1162218
Ok...typical DUmmythread....but this reply made me laugh....
LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Tue May-24-11 12:58 AM
Response to Original message
2. I see your point but it is never a good idea to talk about what you did at your job on the Internet.
There has been at least one incident here where someone talked about something job-related and it got back to their employer. There are people who actively seek to disrupt the lives of people on DU. I would recommend alerting on your own thread and asking for it to be deleted.
Naaaaaaaaaaaaa people would never do that....:D