AA717driver
A simpler time...
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- Mar 27, 2003
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We are getting hammered just like the Doctors are. Other than the handful of specialized, extremely rare specialists, the run of the mill docs are getting abused by their practice managers. They are being shipped off to satellite offices and given a hard time of 15 min per patient. Their pay is being reduced by aggressive insurance companies. Still, try to get a slot in a decent medical school.
What is happening to us is happening in many professions. Companies are downsizing and operating with fewer employees doing the same work. We can't work much more so they cut our pay and benefits.
The problem is, at this point in my life, I look back wistfully at the day when I made $120k. My one year at $158k seems like a dream. I still want to fly and get 15 days off each month to play with the kids or the wife. Sure, in a perfect world, we'd all walk off the job until it improved. Or, the airlines would just hire foreigners to fly our airplanes.
Look at the railroad business. Second year pay is $60k. You can make $100k in 10 years. No degree required. BUT... It is a $h!tty job. You are worked like a dog 6 days a week(that means one 24 hour duty free period in 7 days) and are treated like an animal. The union is powerless--they just take the money and run. It is PFT but it takes years to get a slot. The railroads used to be one of the cushiest jobs around. Now it sucks but you have to line up to get one of the coveted jobs.
I guess if you want to call your own shots, you have to go get your MBA from Wharton or Harvard so you can write your own golden parachute and hop from company to company until you retire to the BOD of several companies.TC
What is happening to us is happening in many professions. Companies are downsizing and operating with fewer employees doing the same work. We can't work much more so they cut our pay and benefits.
The problem is, at this point in my life, I look back wistfully at the day when I made $120k. My one year at $158k seems like a dream. I still want to fly and get 15 days off each month to play with the kids or the wife. Sure, in a perfect world, we'd all walk off the job until it improved. Or, the airlines would just hire foreigners to fly our airplanes.
Look at the railroad business. Second year pay is $60k. You can make $100k in 10 years. No degree required. BUT... It is a $h!tty job. You are worked like a dog 6 days a week(that means one 24 hour duty free period in 7 days) and are treated like an animal. The union is powerless--they just take the money and run. It is PFT but it takes years to get a slot. The railroads used to be one of the cushiest jobs around. Now it sucks but you have to line up to get one of the coveted jobs.
I guess if you want to call your own shots, you have to go get your MBA from Wharton or Harvard so you can write your own golden parachute and hop from company to company until you retire to the BOD of several companies.TC