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Eliot Rosewater

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52. Good thing for defense contractors I am not in charge. I nationalize all of them overnight.

Reply to Joanie Baloney (Reply #24)

Wed Dec 5, 2018, 01:18 PM

Dec 2018

And yes, the profits going back to the workers would allow for a free lunch.

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Company holiday luncheon fiasco [View all] Joanie Baloney Dec 2018 OP

$38 for a luncheon? And singling out "support personnel"? Roland99 Dec 2018 #1

Fuck them! lark Dec 2018 #2

You can have your fill of all the food you bring yourself! jberryhill Dec 2018 #3

So your $38 pays for the executives who eat lunch for free FakeNoose Dec 2018 #4

Is "support personnel" another way of saying contract employees at this company? WillowTree Dec 2018 #5

It means Joanie Baloney Dec 2018 #8

That sucks more than I can describe. Shame on them. WillowTree Dec 2018 #12

The people who make lower wages have to pay? mcar Dec 2018 #13

That's ridiculous Renew Deal Dec 2018 #14

LOL. CrispyQ Dec 2018 #40

That is outrageous! smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #38

I'd say screw 'em! Have your own "support personnel" party! n/t woodsprite Dec 2018 #45

The firm has no class Sanity Claws Dec 2018 #6

Not a law firm Joanie Baloney Dec 2018 #10

I've been practicing law for 31 years. rsdsharp Dec 2018 #44

I'm w/ you...tacky. And also good people and a match for the job are hard to find. nt SWBTATTReg Dec 2018 #55

I would cancel immediately. lilactime Dec 2018 #7

cancel and call in sick the holiday luncheon day lunasun Dec 2018 #9

You have terrible management and it's time to find a new job Renew Deal Dec 2018 #11

Not contractors Joanie Baloney Dec 2018 #21

I'd be tempted to skip the lunch Ms. Toad Dec 2018 #15

I would too Bettie Dec 2018 #59

Is that real? Wounded Bear Dec 2018 #16

Yes Joanie Baloney Dec 2018 #23

I'm going to hazard a guess about the thinking here brooklynite Dec 2018 #17

Sorry I wasn't clear Joanie Baloney Dec 2018 #24

Good thing for defense contractors I am not in charge. I nationalize all of them overnight. Eliot Rosewater Dec 2018 #52

I'd cancel and spend the day freshening up my resume. MineralMan Dec 2018 #18

Perhaps plan a counter-party. Non-Support people pay $250. TheBlackAdder Dec 2018 #32

That company is hopelessly screwed up. MineralMan Dec 2018 #34

Just awful. Baitball Blogger Dec 2018 #19

Fuck them angrychair Dec 2018 #20

You are working for some very malignant people dalton99a Dec 2018 #22

All "support personnel" should have lunch that day together somewhere else... cbdo2007 Dec 2018 #25

Sounds Republican-The Workers Underwrite the Rich dlk Dec 2018 #26

Sounds VERY Republican! smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #39

How would I like to return my disinvitation? As a wick in a Molotov cocktail. Good thing my ... marble falls Dec 2018 #27

This is disgusting. liberalmuse Dec 2018 #28

Horrible. redwitch Dec 2018 #29

Probably another company that likes to say we are all family here. Hotler Dec 2018 #30

It helps keep the plebs out. TheBlackAdder Dec 2018 #31

Cancel and send a copy of the memo to your local media outlets! 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Dec 2018 #33

Bingo! salin Dec 2018 #50

Screw that. What a cheap company. Liberal In Texas Dec 2018 #35

Let's say you went, and paid the $38. Croney Dec 2018 #36

Somebody thought this was a good idea!?? matt819 Dec 2018 #37

It sucks, but I think I get why. LibDemAlways Dec 2018 #41

I think that is their stated reason Joanie Baloney Dec 2018 #43

Bah humbug, indeed! LibDemAlways Dec 2018 #58

I am glad my feelings of disgust weren't misplaced Joanie Baloney Dec 2018 #42

My very last management team Christmas meal iwillalwayswonderwhy Dec 2018 #46

Sounds like the last place I worked MurrayDelph Dec 2018 #47

Tacky and insulting. Totally Tunsie Dec 2018 #48

Legree, Marley & Scrooge LLP, by any chance? gratuitous Dec 2018 #49

Scrooge had more heart and class C_U_L8R Dec 2018 #51

They register you first then spring the cost. bronxiteforever Dec 2018 #53

Sitting with assholes who would come up with that get the red out Dec 2018 #54

Are the other (salaried?) employees being charged nothing or are they charged a different amount? sl8 Dec 2018 #56

They attend for free. Joanie Baloney Dec 2018 #64

That is ridiculous Bettie Dec 2018 #57

My first thought was.. MLAA Dec 2018 #60

lol, fuck that. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2018 #61

Sounds like support personnel should tell them to fuck off and have their own damn party. Luciferous Dec 2018 #62

Switch it. Luncheon for the support personnel Just a Weirdo Dec 2018 #63

I'd cancel in a nanosecond. The company is taking cheap to a whole new level. Vinca Dec 2018 #65