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Well, I received the Letter of Death today. So despite reporting some profits for the last quarter, IBM is choosing to slash rates paid to contractors by 5%, and yours truly is eating the loss.
Now, I understand that the market isn’t what it used to be, but at the same time, we’ve lost two people from our desk and are being told that there isn’t enough budget to replace them. The SLA’s are hurting, and moreover, so are we. Going from 40 calls in a day to over 70 isn’t something you adjust to overnight.
So let’s see - gas prices keep going up, my wages are going down, and despite being paid 5 percent less per pay period, my bosses have so far been unreceptive to my offers to take 5 percent less calls, delete 5 percent of incoming emails, or just take 2 extra hours off every week.
Some people have no vision.
The long and short of it is this, I suppose: I’m very loyal. Some people say stupidly so. But part of loyalty is loyalty to self, and the part of me that is loyal to myself will not stand for this shit. The IBMers on the team received their regular raises and bonuses, and the contractors didn’t get shit.
Fuck this loyalty stuff, man, I gotsta get paid.
Holla, dolla dolla bill y’all.
