10 February, 2009

A matter of perspective

You know the economy is in the toilet when…
  • The boss calls your team in for an emergency meeting.
  • He prefaces his remarks with something like, “Well, I have some Bad News. I know this is something you're not going to want to hear, but…”
  • He then proceeds to announce that there will be no raises this year.
  • You're not only not surprised, but you realize that, under the circumstances, it doesn't even seem that much like Bad News.

2 comments:

Anne said...

Exactly. At least you weren't told to box up your desk. :)

Tink said...

No raise is much better than no pay. At this point, I'd almost take a pay cut to keep my job. Scary times...

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