Hmm, Joel, don't tell Sprint, GM, or Ford that it is better to work for a small business. Here in KC they do a lot of hiring and then lay off thousands at a time. The three of them have basically, due to the oil and stock crisis, ruined the economy in Kansas City. Thousands of people have been, or are expected to be laid off by year end when they shut down SUV production completely. Sprint seems to lay off 3000 or so every few years, but so long as you aren't trying to get into middle management you are ok. I know one guy who keeps turning down promotions so that he can keep his job when they start laying off the redundant managerial positions late 4th quarter every couple of years. He tells me he is happier with his annual raises and keeping his job than he would be with getting a promotion, a raise, and worrying about losing his job the next year.

Corporations have no feelings towards their workers, aside from Google and a select few others, and have absolutely no employee loyalty while expecting every employee to have company loyalty. Gone are the days of working your whole career with one comapany due to the indifference that companies feel towards their employees. You are treated as just another warm body to fill a seat. The legal use of Credit and Background checks for hiring and employment purposes have given companies the ability to not need a reason before either not hiring or letting a person go and claiming that their credit or background check did not meet the company standard, and the ability to run these at any time during the employment gives them the added benefit of playing big brother to their employees.

I don't have the solution, but I would much rather own or work for a small business than work for a corporation. My mom's boss never has over 49 employees so that he can remain a small business and instead of paying that one more salary and the tax jump that comes with not being a small business he can give nice bonuses every year and annual raises commensurate with what each employee deserves. With a corporation you will rarely find, with the exception of the top execs, an employee receiving a raise of more than the 7% standard. Due to the economy this will be the first year where my mom's boss will be unable to give annual bonuses so that he can afford to still give the raises.

And th AIG execs spent $60,000 on food and drinks at their party just days after they were bailed out. No one ever said life was fair.


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