More than you think (or are willing to admit). This isn't the place to discuss it. And I think you know that.

There is a very simple concept in business that has been proven to be true time after time after time. Employees are your greatest asset. To view employees as strictly a "cost item" and especially to treat them poorly does not usually turn out to be a strategy for success. (Not unless you have someone like DALPA running interference for you.)

We're being paid as if our company was on the verge of bankruptcy... at a time when our company is making billions in profits.

Anyway, here's some more food for thought on the subject: