Originally Posted by
Anthrax
Someone said we are part owners in this company, but that is a false analogy when the trend in our country is ownership to shareholders, and workers are mere cost centers.
I'm not exactly sure what Tony Romo has to do with our TA but ...
I've spent many years "feeling" like maybe (just maybe) I was a part owner in this company. I did my very best to save the Company a buck everywhere I could because ... if it's good for the Company, maybe that's good for our Customers and ... maybe that's good for OUR retirement!*?
If I was scheduled to deadhead from the west coast to my home on the east coast and I had a choice of First Class on 3 different airlines, I would take the cheapest one (sometimes this was a HUGE savings). I really would do the best job I could to save gas because, in my mind, I was getting paid to fly my airplane as if I owned it. If I owned it, I'd be doing my best to try to save gas. If the last leg of a deadhead was a taxi from the airport to my home, I would take the subway to the end of the line and take a taxi from there. It probably only saved $40 or $50 (and took me an extra hour to get home!) but that's how I would have traveled if I had been paying for it.
There are lots of other examples. I've (we've!) been a loyal, faithful, reliable hard working employee.
I'm tired of being treated like an illegal farm worker and being told that I'm lucky to have a job.
I was wrong, I won't do it again ... I promise.
Disappointed ...
MM