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You all are keeping copies of everything right? - sm

Posted: Sep 11, 2013

Keep everything, I would love to know if the TSMs are sending out generic explanations of the new policies that are given to them by the company or if they are their own interpretations. It just doesn't make sense to me that I am supposed to be availabe around the clock for when there is work. I also don't understand how they FORCED me to take a shift and now are threatening to change my shift to when work is available. Something stinks and we need to stand together on this or we will all go down together, unless of course, you have no life and don't mind being a slave for this comany. Me, not gonna happen, I have obligations on my off time, that I will keep. I will buck the system until they fire me. Any ideas how to "fix" this mess. If I contact a union are you going to stand by me or leave me to flounder by myself?

sorry.. a union won't help you - you will have to flounder

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We are just knats now, they are killin us off kne by one. They don't need us. They have jndia and pakistan. We are done for. No union can help anymore. Maybe 15 years ago, not now.

Yea kind of agree, leaving soon anyway - last dtich effort. sm

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Not so much for me but the rest of you. This job has given me on true gift, the ability to stay home and raise two GREAT BOYS. Now out on their own and successful. If I had to leave them with a babysitter, I can't say I would have had the same outcome. I can't afford to stay here anymore, it is definitely time to move on. Would be nice for others to have the same opportunity to raise their kids.

speaking of copies.. - sm

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The email sent by my TSM yesterday about the changes and how she blamed it on obamacare is gone. I saved it, and its gone. Can they retract emails? Unbelievable.

i forward them to my personal - email

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Yes, they can retract them

Is the obma email gone? - sm

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I already transferred it to my personal email as well. We need to Email HR for clarification on all that. That is the email to have, that counts. TSM interpretation is not what we need. Honselty think she was just trying her best to interpret things.

I would have loved to have seen that - can you paraphrase the content?

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thanks

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