Over the past 10 years, the following has been taken away…….
- Pension – Frozen (no pension for new employees)
- Vacation – “unlimited vacation” (yea, right!)
- 401k match temporary reductions due to economy – never reinstated
- 401k match now in December rather than bi-monthly in paycheck
- 10% Salary Reductions across the board
- Mandatory 115% EEI goal (yep, it exists, even though HR will say it doesn’t, you’ll be let go if you don’t ‘charge’ a minimum of 10% overtime- average.) It will never show up on any paperwork, or goals, but rest assured that this exists.
- Multiple furloughs (3) in one year
- Lower-elbow ratings for all
- Unwarranted PIP plans for 10% of workforce, particularly Band 4’s to make MIP budget spread further.
- Original MIP program was funded by taking 10% of employee’s salary and putting it ‘at risk’ with a 5% upside for meeting goals. So by taking MIP away, you are basically stealing from the employee.
- MIP reductions from 10% to 5% to 0% (recently).
- Multiple years of 0% merit
- Elimination of employee stock purchase plan/employee vacation buy program/work from Home/Telecommute
- Elimination of 9/80 work week
- Elimination of approved telecommute agreements
- Cut backs on business travel
- Elimination of paying for personal certifications
- Insurance costs up 1000x, and co-pays about 10x
- Mandatory biometric screenings with $1,500 penalty for weight & smoking
- Participative pay program during Allied merger to accumulate funds for merit increases, but never given after merger complete. (asked employees to ‘invest’ in the new relationship)