I realize that I haven't posted lately. Things have been...complicated and I've had a lot on my mind, not all of which I want to share with the entire internet. The catalyst was that I haven't been paid in 2 months due to an HR problem, but have the savings to cover expenses which I am coming to appreciate more every day. Most people can at best cover 3 months, or live paycheck to paycheck and pray that there are no sudden expenses that can't be covered. If anything unexpected happens, they have to go into debt, incurring interest and making the situation worse.
The system is broken. This is not really news. The figurative 99% of people acknowledge this, excepting the 1% who we hear about so often about who are reaping all of the positives. Yet in polls, that the 1% blames the expanding rampant poverty on lack of strong enough bootstraps to bring them out of their struggles and/or receiving "government handouts" instead of improving their situation is appalling. Being part of the 99% and having busted my ass since I was 14 and legally allowed to work, I'm angry about this. It's not new, not a shock to anyone who is the 99%, but there should be some relief somewhere, in some way. Something to look forward to without having to rely on the "kindness" of corporations which not only never materializes, but where they actively try to keep their workers as beaten down in terms of pay, healthcare, self-esteem, and overall job security as possible.
Those of us not lucky enough to start hedge funds or other vehicles that will rake in millions of dollars (of course having been started with millions of dollars) have to watch as the favored sons from the same companies we work at do so. The naive think that there will be some payback. The rest of us know there will be no return except to the millionaires' own pockets, which are already lined thickly enough that they could cover all of us peons with a sudden windfall and not blink an eye. Hell, they could probably subsidize all of our healthcare bills and relatively new "high deductible" plans,
I try not to be angry. I'm not sure that's the right attitude to have about this since I have to live with seeing it up close and personal, try not to say something I'll regret, and hear the apologies year after year from my boss((es) I've been through 5 in my tenure) that I deserve more. The company just can't give me the return I have earned through incredible effort and competency because the billion dollar machine I work for can't spare a cost of living increase at a minimum for those who need it the most as we're the lowest paid. And incidentally, our jobs are the ones that provide necessary information to landing those billion dollar deals. Then the final kick is our healthcare program changes, which allows us to weigh if we can actually attend a needed physical therapy session for an injury, or forgo it because it would fall under the deductible/out of pocket costs, even in network, that we are now responsible for up to a ridiculous amount of money. Co-pays are things of the past, apparently.
I have a job. I'm supposed to be grateful for the corporate "generosity" that exists. There is that. But when I'm faced with the non-raises, the changes of millionaires and billionaires that run in and out of our company while those of us who have worked 10, 15, 20 years for the company now have to defer medical care because of our new policy instituted 3 years ago, and the total disregard for anything resembling corporate responsibility towards the people who enable those who make those billions, I do get angry, despite my best efforts. Call me human, unlike my corporate overlords.
The system is broken. This is not really news. The figurative 99% of people acknowledge this, excepting the 1% who we hear about so often about who are reaping all of the positives. Yet in polls, that the 1% blames the expanding rampant poverty on lack of strong enough bootstraps to bring them out of their struggles and/or receiving "government handouts" instead of improving their situation is appalling. Being part of the 99% and having busted my ass since I was 14 and legally allowed to work, I'm angry about this. It's not new, not a shock to anyone who is the 99%, but there should be some relief somewhere, in some way. Something to look forward to without having to rely on the "kindness" of corporations which not only never materializes, but where they actively try to keep their workers as beaten down in terms of pay, healthcare, self-esteem, and overall job security as possible.
Those of us not lucky enough to start hedge funds or other vehicles that will rake in millions of dollars (of course having been started with millions of dollars) have to watch as the favored sons from the same companies we work at do so. The naive think that there will be some payback. The rest of us know there will be no return except to the millionaires' own pockets, which are already lined thickly enough that they could cover all of us peons with a sudden windfall and not blink an eye. Hell, they could probably subsidize all of our healthcare bills and relatively new "high deductible" plans,
I try not to be angry. I'm not sure that's the right attitude to have about this since I have to live with seeing it up close and personal, try not to say something I'll regret, and hear the apologies year after year from my boss((es) I've been through 5 in my tenure) that I deserve more. The company just can't give me the return I have earned through incredible effort and competency because the billion dollar machine I work for can't spare a cost of living increase at a minimum for those who need it the most as we're the lowest paid. And incidentally, our jobs are the ones that provide necessary information to landing those billion dollar deals. Then the final kick is our healthcare program changes, which allows us to weigh if we can actually attend a needed physical therapy session for an injury, or forgo it because it would fall under the deductible/out of pocket costs, even in network, that we are now responsible for up to a ridiculous amount of money. Co-pays are things of the past, apparently.
I have a job. I'm supposed to be grateful for the corporate "generosity" that exists. There is that. But when I'm faced with the non-raises, the changes of millionaires and billionaires that run in and out of our company while those of us who have worked 10, 15, 20 years for the company now have to defer medical care because of our new policy instituted 3 years ago, and the total disregard for anything resembling corporate responsibility towards the people who enable those who make those billions, I do get angry, despite my best efforts. Call me human, unlike my corporate overlords.
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