Well, on the work front, I've been given the explicit ok by my boss to basically say 'so in order to meet this 40% quota, you are encouraging managers to lie to the detriment of the employee's record?' She's going to ask if they flatly are refusing to even do COLA for people who *just* do their jobs.

When I said this to my boss, she said they'd been so busy fighting the stupid quota system that they'd never put it in those terms. I told her flatly that unless they could *document* me not meeting my goals, I would not sign a performance eval that stated such. Her response 'well now I'm going to tell everyone to do that.'

Basically, the same conversation has been had by our local mgmt. Everyone is pretty pissed and just wishes they'd spin us off to the main contract. But we're a cheap feather in their hat.

I don't relish being a problem child, but quite frankly, we're all getting treated worse and worse over the years by this company as our peers on the main contract get better deals. I'm not going to be the only one.

Also, I couldn't refrain from having another go at the damned post.

I am laughing painfully and ironically at Jilli's post.

I just got home from rehearsal and am way too keyed up to sleep. Turns out that singing "You Can't Stop the Beat" with an orchestra is incredibly fucking fun. Along with the rest of the program.

She's going to ask if they flatly are refusing to even do COLA for people who *just* do their jobs.

What's COLA?

Cost of Living A(something)?

Adjustment, I assume.

Cost-of-living-adjustment. Basically, an increase to keep up with inflation/salary scales, not merit.

The fix: [link]

Ah! I should have guessed that.

Dang, sarameg, that looks good.

It's a little windy here. [link]