IT Workers To Get Fewer Perks, No Free Coffee

dasButcher writes "While the economy is showing signs of recovery and tech stocks posted double- and triple-digit gains in 2009, IT workers are facing a less hospitable workplace in the coming year. Many employers say they're going to continue trimming budgets, particularly in human resources. Rather than giving up head count, they're planning to trim 401k contributions, eliminate bonuses, curtail travel and, dare we say, shut off the free coffee (it wasn't that good anyway)."

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TFA is from "Channel Insider"?

[CodeBuster]

TFA is a press hit from a PR firm people. Seriously, "Channel Insider"? They aren't even trying very hard to hide the fact that they are a bullshit marketing rag full of advertising copy, "special advertising sections" (you know the ones that try to disguise themselves as "articles" and actually useful content), and "articles" submitted by PR firms on behalf of paying clients to score a "Press Hit". I would put the credibility of anything coming out of "Channel Insider" at just about zero.

Re:the school district model

[mcgrew]

That's your "trickle down" economy

That "trickle down" always reminds me of The Outlaw Josey Wales: "Senator, don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining." Wealth doesn't trickle down, it flows upwards. Wealth is created on the factory floor, the fry cook's stove, the programmer's cube. The suits in the corner office don't create wealth, they merely aggregate and control it.

Re:This post...

[farrellj]

Yes, actually. For those who still have jobs. Remember, those workers were not the ones designing crap quality cars, and paying hundreds of millions of dollars of bonuses to execs who basically did nothing but not do badly that year. One year's worth of exec bonuses at the Big 3 would pay for all of the benefits of the UAW workers for the next 10 years.

ttyl
          Farrell