Necromonger
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May 1st.... Ok... We got this HUGE pay raise. What could possibly be wrong with that?
Let me start with: No Guarantee of a base pay structure. The back handed raise.
We were told that we could work less...OK, that's cool. If you want to work less. But we were also told that if we worked the same number of days we work now, we would see a pay raise equal to that of NJ. (I won't get into the 221 days vs. the 184 days worked issue now, but...)
WTF. Now we can't even do that. NO ONE will work 221 days this year. That equals NO ONE will make an annual income equal to NJ numbers. Period. Now, you get paid for what PBS can build for you.
Here's the equalizer. No more base pay for a bid period. It was 16 days, even if PBS could only schedule you 14 or 15 days during a vacation or training month.
Now, flex can waive you down to 13 days of pay during those months. And we MUST call to beg for more days to work so we can make bills those month. They might let us work more during those months, if it benefits the company. But, you will have to waive the work rules to get more pay.
Yes, our daily rate went up. But, now that we will be getting those rates, We are being forced to forfeit the QOL rules just to get a bigger paycheck.
Guaranteed yearly pay is a thing of the past here. It was 16 days per bid period. We were led to believe that it would be brought down to 15 days guaranteed pay. But now 3-4 times a year, Flex can bring it down to 13 days.
Thanks guys, it just keeps getting better.
Livin' the Dream. I was wondering how management would go about souring the May 1st raise. And the hits just keep on commin'.
It's just great not having a say in policy changes, and getting it straight up the A$$!!!
Come on all you non-union BIT*HES... Tell me how full of SH!T I am.
Let me start with: No Guarantee of a base pay structure. The back handed raise.
We were told that we could work less...OK, that's cool. If you want to work less. But we were also told that if we worked the same number of days we work now, we would see a pay raise equal to that of NJ. (I won't get into the 221 days vs. the 184 days worked issue now, but...)
WTF. Now we can't even do that. NO ONE will work 221 days this year. That equals NO ONE will make an annual income equal to NJ numbers. Period. Now, you get paid for what PBS can build for you.
Here's the equalizer. No more base pay for a bid period. It was 16 days, even if PBS could only schedule you 14 or 15 days during a vacation or training month.
Now, flex can waive you down to 13 days of pay during those months. And we MUST call to beg for more days to work so we can make bills those month. They might let us work more during those months, if it benefits the company. But, you will have to waive the work rules to get more pay.
Yes, our daily rate went up. But, now that we will be getting those rates, We are being forced to forfeit the QOL rules just to get a bigger paycheck.
Guaranteed yearly pay is a thing of the past here. It was 16 days per bid period. We were led to believe that it would be brought down to 15 days guaranteed pay. But now 3-4 times a year, Flex can bring it down to 13 days.
Thanks guys, it just keeps getting better.
Livin' the Dream. I was wondering how management would go about souring the May 1st raise. And the hits just keep on commin'.
It's just great not having a say in policy changes, and getting it straight up the A$$!!!
Come on all you non-union BIT*HES... Tell me how full of SH!T I am.
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