You are right about how I feel on the union issue. Has nothing to do with the math. Point is only that they made more money from the bonus and shared rewards this year over last.
If by my being right, you mean that you are in fact one of those guys, then I'm surprised & disappointed to hear that.
The profit sharing won't be much more than last year, since the pay rates didn't change 'til late in the year. We (PMNW) are also still under our own Performance Incentive Program program. I believe we move to the Shared Rewards program effective this month?
and how do the numbers change if you factor in a pay raise this summer...?
Our base rate increased 12/8. That's not summer in the northern hemisphere.
the items you listed sound like they amount to less than 1% of your salary.
Quite right, but not the point. In fact it has almost zero to do with this topic; just like Meto's union dues red herring. But since we're playing, you know what's more than 1% of my salary? The ~ 24k worth of OJI time the company just took from me.
but again, the assumption you have made that you could obtain the same insurance premiums and coverage that NW negotiated with the IAM years ago is probably inaccurate.
Those are the rates I'm paying
right now. They're not some figure from days gone by. What
is accurate is that there is now NO cap on premium increases. In fact, just to get this topic back on track, there's no set formula for profit sharing payout, either. I'm sure PMDL people are ecstatic their's just went from 6% to 4.85. Maybe we can start a pool on what 2012's will be? Meto of course still has language governing his- they get their cut first- I'm talking about the rest of us.
I would hope that if you need safety shoes, you'd buy them. A crippling injury affects you 24/7.
Gosh, are you sure?
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We gotta wear 'em whether we want to or not. Point is, we used to get reimbursed if we got them outside of the company. Now we don't. As I mentioned, NFW I'm buying shoes I walk in all day sight unseen.
Now, back to the topic...