RE: Tuesday's news: cost-cutting measures

Subject: RE: Tuesday's news: cost-cutting measures
From: "Dick Margulis " <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 10:55:35 -0400


John,

Please don't take this the wrong way. I, too, often find myself considering the interests of management or the corporation in my evaluation of a situation; and I think there is value to maintaining a balanced view of conflicting interests.

But it just struck me, when reading your post--with yesterday having been Labor Day and all--that the metaphysical distance between the Pullman strike and the Major League Baseball near-strike is greater than the difference between a$5,000 pay cut and a $1,000,000 pay cut.

<irony>Workers of the world, unite!
Solidarity forever!</irony>

Dick

John Posada <JPosada -at- book -dot- com> wrote:

>
>$5,000 vs. $1,000,000? Tell that to the CEO.
>

and


>When the company is fighting for survival (or trying to make you think they
>are), do you think they care more about what is better for the techwriter or
>the company?
>
>Also, in this situation, media and public perception is
>important...especially if you are trying to get concessions from vendors,
>unions, customers, and bankers. They see changes in internal processes, they
>think "Should have done it before they get into this bind." They see
>reduction in pay across the board, they see "OK...you're trying...maybe we
>can give a little too."
>
>

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