Originally Posted by
Frick
Some jobs do....but most don't. At my current job, I haven't got a raise in over 4 years. Sure it sucks, but the owner can do what he wants. That's business. I don't know many people in ANY industry that get a raise (besides a standard yearly raise) when the company is more profitable. I know a few people that do, but not many.
How many "professions", not just "jobs" have been in a downward spiral of concessions and give backs, year after year? How does one justify spending tens of thousands, or even into six figures to go work for the equivalent of what a minimum wage burger flipper makes? How many professionals that have already taken huge cuts in pay and benefits(only to watch as upper management rewards themselves with tens of millions in bonuses that suck up all those concessionary savings), would expect those same management types to come back for even more concessions,especially when the company is making all time record profits? Add in the mix the fact that the single biggest cost for the airlines(fuel) has been dropping rapidly in price guaranteeing even larger future profits/earnings!