So...if you are employed, like your job overall and management generally treats you well overall, etc. you might want to consider just biting the bullet for a the time it takes and go from there. The pendulum has swung from one extreme (the employee's market of the 1990's) to the other (employer's market of today) but it will eventually swing back towards center and, when it does, management will have, as Ricky Ricardo would say, "some 'splainin' to do". The fact that you stuck it out when times were hard can be leveraged into either a fat raise, new position or another job at a company that appreciates you more.
Maybe. One place I worked, EVERY department was told they had to cut a salaried head. No exceptions. In an already understaffed department, the "low man on the totem pole" got the ax, and he was one of our hardest workers in terms of helping out, overtime/weekends, etc.
In another thread, it was said "management is not your friend". I'm not advocating quitting, and in your case, it looks like management fought hard on your behalf. But management is capricous, and will just as easily fight against you.
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So...if you are employed, like your job overall and management generally treats you well overall, etc. you might want to consider just biting the bullet for a the time it takes and go from there. The pendulum has swung from one extreme (the employee's market of the 1990's) to the other (employer's market of today) but it will eventually swing back towards center and, when it does, management will have, as Ricky Ricardo would say, "some 'splainin' to do". The fact that you stuck it out when times were hard can be leveraged into either a fat raise, new position or another job at a company that appreciates you more.
Maybe. One place I worked, EVERY department was told they had to cut a salaried head. No exceptions. In an already understaffed department, the "low man on the totem pole" got the ax, and he was one of our hardest workers in terms of helping out, overtime/weekends, etc.
In another thread, it was said "management is not your friend". I'm not advocating quitting, and in your case, it looks like management fought hard on your behalf. But management is capricous, and will just as easily fight against you.