There needs to be some sort of compromise on this. I agree, nobody here is owed anything for simply existing. That being said, our time here should count for something. If you have put in a certain amount of time here paying your dues, taking pride in yourself and your work, with a good performance record and attitude, that should be enough to have earned something better than the same interview as a random applicant off the street. Hopefully people more intelligent than I in the union and management can find some way to differentiate between those of us that care and the entitled dirtbags.