Workplace dilema, what would you do?

[RichardE]

Friend works for a company that has 20 employees including the boss & his secretary.

The bosses boss at corporate says he needs to cut two employees to save 70-75k in operating expenses as part of a restructuring plan. Boss calls a meeting and tells the 18 employees he can either cut 5hours a week or he has to fire two of them. All the employees agree to an hourly cut of 5 hours a week.


Would you have agreed to it?

 

[lokiju]

Yes.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Yes

 

[Gunslinger08]

Sure, I'm salary.

 

[Kirby]

Depends on how good I was at my job compared to the others.

 

[brxndxn]

Yes.. because then I would probby work ~55 hours/week..

 

[sjwaste]

Yup. I'd still be working way more than I should.

 

[SacrosanctFiend]

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Sure, I'm salary.

Then how about a 12.5% cut in salary (which is what they would do in the case of exempt employees)?

 

[Fayd]

1/9 chance of getting canned vs -1/8 pay.

umm, i'd go with the chance of getting canned.

 

[takeru]

a more realistic scenario would be, to fire 2 people, or decrease everyones pay a bit. this happened at my friends place. everyone chose to lower their pay rather than let 2 go.

 

[looker001]

I would rather take chances of being fired then taking pay cut. Yea, i know it's selfish act but you got to look out for what is best for you as no on else will.

 

[Leros]

Depends. Are there a few people who are pulling less weight than the rest of the employees?

 

[IronWing]

Nope, they'll fire folks anyway and you'll end up working the full number of hours, just not getting paid for five of them. Also, you'd permanently devalue your position.

 

[irishScott]

Do they get overtime?

 

[IGBT]

..what about everybody works one extra day twice a month for no pay and nobody gets fired or looses wage.

 

[OUCaptain]

Current job, most definitely. My previous job... no fuckin way man, no fuckin way.

 

[KevinCU]

Originally posted by: IGBT
..what about everybody works one extra day twice a month for no pay

Yeah, fuck that.

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: KevinCU

Originally posted by: IGBT
..what about everybody works one extra day twice a month for no pay

Yeah, fuck that.

..why?? I'll bet your obama would think it's a good idea. It's your "skin in the game".

 

[KevinCU]

My Obama? Quit talking out of your ass.

 

[Orsorum]

Potentially.

 

[erub]

My company is forcing everybody to take 2 weeks unpaid vacation to save cash in Q1 and Q2. If economy stays bad, Q3 and Q4 maybe also. 7.6% of pay (if all year) plus removal of the 5% match. And they are still laying off people..

 

[wahoyaho]

Originally posted by: Fayd
1/9 chance of getting canned vs -1/8 pay.

umm, i'd go with the chance of getting canned.

How did you get 1/9 chance of getting canned from that?

 

[recoil80]

I'd choose the hours cut, but in the meantime I'd look for another job

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: wahoyaho

Originally posted by: Fayd
1/9 chance of getting canned vs -1/8 pay.

umm, i'd go with the chance of getting canned.

How did you get 1/9 chance of getting canned from that?

2 of the 18 have to go....so 1/9. I guess you would want to take a reduction in hours as you would likely be going.