Is anybody feeling the crunch yet?

Most of you know where I work. Well they announced an early retirement plan a few months back. You could retire at age 50 instead of 55. But you would lose 2% for every year that you retired early. I am 51 years old and have worked for 31 years. This means if I retired now I would only get 58% of my pay check that I get now. Why would I want to do that? I would have to get another job that would probably pay less. They projected the decrees in work force was going to be 16, 000 jobs. They didnt even come close. So now they are planning on making a three tour workforce into a two tour workforce. They say this will eliminate wear and tear on the machines by manning them to full capacity. To do this they are going to put every bodys jobs up for re-biding. This is going to piss a lot of people off (aprox.500 people) and put them on a 10 am to 6:30 shift or 8pm to 4:30 shift. Now this is going on nation wide. The problem with Alaska is we fly just about everything. So we have to work around the airlines and we dont have the empty equipment and space to work this all up and get it out to the airlines. In essence its not going to work up here. My take on this is they want to piss enough old timers like me to retire. I work with high values and they took the international part of it away to cut hours. This gives less security. They are going to cut corners in other areas as well.

If this is happing to me what do you suppose is going to happen to Joe the plumbers of America? Especially with an all democratic government wanting to tax the **** out of you and all the business?

 

Tax me?

Not seeing that outline in any of their economic plans.
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Sorry Snaf, do you think they are going to let you go, or pressure you to retire early?

 

They can't let me go becuase I was hired during the no lay off claus but anybody with 6 years or less could be laid off. What their gonna do is put me on a night shift (or try to) and hope I retire.

 

I?m hoping that with the job I have and my seniority they will leave me alone but 95 % of the workforce will be affected.

 

Yeah tax you.
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No layoff clause? Guaranteed retirement plan? 31 years with one company? Senority? Can't be fired?

And you're bitchin' you might get taxed?

You bastards are the ones that broke our country with your employment demands and wrecked it for us younger folk.. Christ, we'll be lucky to get a fukking turkey if we ever can retire. hahahaha


They prolly will try to force you out.. They know the can hire someone half your age to do twice as much work for 1/3 the pay.. and give them nothing for retirement..


You don't know how good you've had it snaf... take whatever they throw at ya..

 

Hehehe..... You got me there but I might get screwed too. We'll see how this one party nation works in the next 4 years. So don't pat them on the back to soon. McCain wants to privatize my company but I really don't care. My union sure is going nuts though.

Who knows we all might be working for the goverment someday.

 

That jackass Obama just killed off his own grandma in order to get sympathy votes. What do ya think he is gonna do to you?

 

Now that's cold. I think that was the coldest remark you've ever said.

I do feel sympathy for him but I'll be damned if I'm that sympathetic!

 

Uhm, SNAFU, you do realize the link you gave me says that claim is a HOAX and also links to SNOPES, which ALSO says it is a hoax.
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I just scanned it - didn't read real close - and that's what it sounded like to me, too. Hoax.

There are more statements out there, snaf.

 

Boy do I feel stupid......


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I heard Obama was going to personally eat your children before raping your wife, draining your bank account and causing the Sun to burn out.

 

And in 06...

Hmmm.... my bad.

 

Do you NOT know what a HOAX is?

That last article was 2006, she is the leader, have any of these boogeyman fears you ( or the biased jornalist who wrote this) have, come to pass?
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Im telling you what's gonna happen with an all democratic goverment. When you have one wing on the eagle.

 

No, your telling me what you FEAR will happen, not what WILL happen.
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Yes ..
The boogeyman is back!!!

 

How would you feel with the Republicans in total control?