Free Range by Bill Whitehead for October 31, 2024

Corporate “bleed”.

i have a feeling that these are their real faces actually

Trick. Pink slips all around.

Raise? Ah yes of course me is deserve another raise. Here takes some candies and gets back to work now ya lazybones. Go works harder so that me can gets another raise.

Firing is a trick, cutting benefits while giving a raise is a trick, raise in responsibilities without raise in pay…

My wife finally asked for a raise. Why? Because they had reduced the staff of her qualifications from four to two, gave her a supervisory role in addition to her regular work, promised they would reduce the load because of the supervisory role but didn’t, and then tried to add more to her load than legally allowed. Since she is one of only two in her position, and they can’t find anyone to replace her, she is in the diver’s seat. Plus, she turns 65 next year and can just retire if she wants

here is your trick – you are fired

Set sail!