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[BLOCKQUOTE][BR]----------------[BR]On 9/27/2002 12:02:00 PM UAL777flyer wrote:
[P]... There is still a swirl of uncertainty around. As necessary as the pay/benefit cuts were, employees still feel lousy about them because in their minds, there is no progress from their sacrifice yet.[/P]----------------[/BLOCKQUOTE]
[P]Some of that uncertainty, too, is bound to be that some groups never saw any progress from their sacrifices until they unionized. Those years left a scar and it's going to take a long time to get past it.[/P]
[P]On a very positive note, my husband's station came in the top 10 last month -- top 10 what, I don't quite understand -- but the result of this achievement was a cookout with hamburgers and corporate weenies. [/P]
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[P]What I did get from my dear, however, was his feeling from these corporate folks that they regret the paycuts and they regret the loss of benefits -- and while those things are gone and won't be recouped anytime soon, the company does want to show its support for employees and the jobs done (as long as this support doesn't cost much... there not being much spare cash laying around for that sort of thing).[/P]
[P]Which, got me to thinking... if you were the boss, and you don't really have hard dollars to spend on attaboys/girls ... what would you do to show appreciation and bolster morale?[/P]