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taught_me_patience Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-17-08 03:42 PM
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17. No
And I wouldn't want anybody to take a pay cut so that my job could be saved.
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  -Interesting discussion on BBC. Would you take a pay cut for the greater good? Tierra_y_Libertad  Dec-17-08 02:53 PM   #0 
  - Yes, and  margotb822   Dec-17-08 02:54 PM   #1 
  - totally agree.  shireen   Dec-17-08 03:03 PM   #4 
  - Yes I would.  skeewee08   Dec-17-08 02:58 PM   #2 
  - Absolutely, YES.  shireen   Dec-17-08 03:02 PM   #3 
  - Employers aren't interested  supernova   Dec-17-08 03:06 PM   #6 
  - Only after the execs and middle management did  SoCalNative   Dec-17-08 03:03 PM   #5 
  - The callers, both workers and management, generally agree with you.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Dec-17-08 03:06 PM   #7 
  - That's the kicker  IAmJacksSmirkingRevenge   Dec-17-08 03:22 PM   #13 
  - Of course. In my exerience, however this kind of act of goodwill is never rewarded.  lumberjack_jeff   Dec-17-08 03:09 PM   #8 
  - We support a household of three and my elderly mother on less than 27K  Veganistan   Dec-17-08 03:11 PM   #9 
  - Sure. Unless I had been taking cut after cut after cut (like the UAW the past 30 years). n/t  ieoeja   Dec-17-08 03:20 PM   #10 
  - Oh yeah, not like the rest of us.  yibbehobba   Dec-17-08 03:22 PM   #12 
     - And everyone will keep taking cuts until the workers stand up and say enough is enough.  ieoeja   Dec-17-08 04:40 PM   #22 
        - The cause is not the loss of consumer income.  yibbehobba   Dec-17-08 04:46 PM   #23 
  - I've actually proposed this as a way of avoiding lay-offs  Blue Meany   Dec-17-08 03:21 PM   #11 
  - Half of a loaf -V- None at all is the question here.  davsand   Dec-17-08 03:24 PM   #14 
  - Yes.  JoePhilly   Dec-17-08 03:26 PM   #15 
  - This is propaganda preparation for pay cuts.  JackRiddler   Dec-17-08 03:31 PM   #16 
  - No  taught_me_patience   Dec-17-08 03:42 PM   #17 
  - Just curious. Has anyone taken the time to listen to the program?  Tierra_y_Libertad   Dec-17-08 03:44 PM   #18 
  - hard to cut mine  carolinarocco   Dec-17-08 03:59 PM   #19 
     - Been there, done that.  Tierra_y_Libertad   Dec-17-08 04:14 PM   #20 
  - no. only because i barely make enough to get by. trust me, i am not exaggerating  lionesspriyanka   Dec-17-08 04:15 PM   #21 
  - I have and would do it again. n/t  MazeRat7   Dec-17-08 04:48 PM   #24 
 

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