I worked at a place that was exactly as you describe. We were the engineering dept. and the upper management made commitments to customers that we had to keep. I personally was working 70+ hours a week for months with one 93 hour week. We had to fill out time cards so everyone was aware of the workload. We asked for but were given NO compensation (time off or money). It went from one project to the next until the entire department was pressed to work those hours. We had a meeting and discussed our options. We shot our resume's out to the headhunters and some of us waited for those that had to have a job to find one. It didn't take long. We then left, all 10 of us. They still haven't recovered.
Hey, I share your concerns about the limitations on our basic freedoms and the seeming lack of interest by so many in the capital. I have been watching this issue for a long time and there has been and is a trend to chip away at our freedoms so the central goverment can gain more and more control.
The problem has been that too few have taken any action to reverse the trend. It wasn't politically correct to be patriotic or to believe in principles so people stayed home or made fun of "those radicals". Listen to what they said and then read the news, if you can believe what you read anymore. Maybe they're not to "out there" after all.
The answer is NOT to leave but to organize with like minded indviduals and convert others to the cause. We're out here and we share your fears. That's why IT IS IMPORTANT not to run but to stand and fight for our rights. It has taken centuries to develop our way of life and millions have died to maintain our freedoms. It's damn time we realized that the path this country has been on for the last 50 years is wrong and we must correct it. As a country we must learn from the mistakes of the past and try to reverse them.
It starts with one person, then another, and another until we are many. You would be surprised how many people already share your views. GET INVOLVED! Don't wait for someone else to do it for you. Hop out of the wagon and help us pull.
It's our responsibility to defend our rights, or lose them one by one.
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I worked at a place that was exactly as you describe. We were the engineering dept. and the upper management made commitments to customers that we had to keep. I personally was working 70+ hours a week for months with one 93 hour week. We had to fill out time cards so everyone was aware of the workload. We asked for but were given NO compensation (time off or money). It went from one project to the next until the entire department was pressed to work those hours. We had a meeting and discussed our options. We shot our resume's out to the headhunters and some of us waited for those that had to have a job to find one. It didn't take long. We then left, all 10 of us. They still haven't recovered.
Hey, I share your concerns about the limitations on our basic freedoms and the seeming lack of interest by so many in the capital. I have been watching this issue for a long time and there has been and is a trend to chip away at our freedoms so the central goverment can gain more and more control. The problem has been that too few have taken any action to reverse the trend. It wasn't politically correct to be patriotic or to believe in principles so people stayed home or made fun of "those radicals". Listen to what they said and then read the news, if you can believe what you read anymore. Maybe they're not to "out there" after all. The answer is NOT to leave but to organize with like minded indviduals and convert others to the cause. We're out here and we share your fears. That's why IT IS IMPORTANT not to run but to stand and fight for our rights. It has taken centuries to develop our way of life and millions have died to maintain our freedoms. It's damn time we realized that the path this country has been on for the last 50 years is wrong and we must correct it. As a country we must learn from the mistakes of the past and try to reverse them. It starts with one person, then another, and another until we are many. You would be surprised how many people already share your views. GET INVOLVED! Don't wait for someone else to do it for you. Hop out of the wagon and help us pull. It's our responsibility to defend our rights, or lose them one by one.