Americans working much harder - for less pay

[katty]

(really? surprise...surprise..we mock other countries, yet we Americans are the biggest suckers)

more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32374533/ns/business-eye_on_the_economy/

John W. Schoen
Senior producer
msnbc.com

updated 10:45 a.m. PT, Tues., Aug 11, 2009
Feel like you’re working a lot harder these days, putting in longer hours for the same pay — or even less? The latest round of government data on worker productivity indicates that you probably are.

The Labor Department said Tuesday that the American work force produced, at an annual rate, 6.4 percent more of the goods they made and services they provided in the second quarter of this year compared to a year ago. At the same time, “unit labor costs” — the amount employers paid for all that extra work — fell by 5.8 percent. The jump in productivity was higher than expected; the cut in labor costs more than double expectations.

That is, despite the deep job cuts of the past year, workers who remain on the payroll are filling in and making up the work that had been done by their departed colleagues. In some cases, that extra work came with a smaller paycheck.

[liberalmuse]

1. True that, but...

I found out this morning that I didn't get laid off again after 3 rounds, so I should be happy to be a corporate slave, right?

[JohnWxy]

2. Have Hoe, will work....see link ("Man with a hoe.")

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=&imgrefurl=http://fiat.gslis.utexas.edu/~wyllys/manwhoe.html&h=1466&w=1800&sz=815&tbnid=aHCmgnXHUI_quM:&tbnh=122&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dman%2Bwith%2Ba%2Bhoe&hl=en&usg=__Wszdp8B5hAPdZ5_YedRCexrAs0E=&ei=t_-BSvPaN5PoMeDTzaUL&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=7&ct=image

[Skittles]

4. 8 rounds here, and a pay cut

[depakid]

3. Heading toward thirf world status