“I really can’t afford to not be working, but this is not worth it. I’d rather go work somewhere else or draw unemployment,” said Johnson, a worker at Hostess for 23 years.”
I don’t get it. Can someone explain? $0 is better than some $ ?
I mean, I’ve been in situations in which I considered being underpaid..But wouldn’t one first find a job and then quit?[/quote]
It’s a double edged sword. It’s hard searching for a job when you’re working. Particularly in blue collar jobs where time off for interviews at other employers is frowned upon.
The employees were asked to take signficant pay cuts stretching out over the next 4 or 5 years, with some of them ending up making just a little over minimum wage. As one of them wrote…I like the job I have…not the one they’ve offered.
We’ve all been excited about new jobs with hope, expectations or even promises of raises down the line. Promises of making less every year after they’ve already suffered some pretty severe cuts, not so much. It makes sense to me.
