Corporate Pigs

The corporate Nazis that rose to power by being, well, Nazis apparently told Wall Street that TSC was going to make "X" numbers vs. operating costs and, guess what, greatly over estimated "X".  So full time employees are all being dropped down to minimum hours (meaning 30 hours per week)  and are being told to use paid sick and vacation leave to cover the shortfall in their paycheck for a month.  I earned every vacation hour by dealing with corporate and customer bullshit over the past five years...and I greatly resent any corporate entity telling me that either I use those hours to cover the $400 gap in my income over the next month, or deal with my checks being $200 short for two pay periods.

Why can't the CEO, Regional Managers, and District Managers, and Managers nationwide cover the shortfall?  I don't even know what any of them earn. I'm sure it equates to a hell of a lot more than $9 an hour.  I happen to know the bonus for Store Managers making the numbers for their stores is enough to buy a brand  new Ford Focus outright.  Must be nice.  Wonder what sorts of bonuses District Managers earn? Or Regional Managers?  Buy a house outright?

Yes, let's just shit on the people who are barely making ends meet once again.  Full time team members who are the backbone of the stores...oh, and precious part timers who fill all the gaps in the schedule and whose hours are never guaranteed.  I wonder if any of them will even get to work this month.

So, while complaining to a pal at a store where I used to work, I asked if she's like to "borrow" me one day a week just so I don't have to use my vacation hours. She put it to her manager.  He's agreeable, but no one knows if this is even possible.  (There are only 9 people on their payroll because all their part timers quit again...and its a six million dollar a year store--compared to my current store which is a three million dollar a year store.)  We are now different districts, and the one day of work would have to come out of Howell's budget.  

Being known as a competent and hard worker may come in handy.

We shall see.