Bambi
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- Sep 17, 2005
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Help. I am dying financially as I can no longer go on making the wages US/HP pays to reservations agents. AFter over 5 years and very little raises throughout I do hope CORPORATE realizes how difficult it truly is to live on less than $10 an hour! Gas has doubled since I started there, and I drive 25 miles one way. Does corporate realize how difficult it is to maintain living on this income? I can't even afford apartment rent or to purchase my own home! Getting a 2nd job is nearly impossible because of my children still at home. I heard our starting salary of $7.65 an hour is actually considered "poverty level" in the US now. Please, we're not asking for 6 digit figures, just enough of a raise to actually be able to afford rent/house payment (within reason)/ and gas and food. Taking home just average of $1100 a month just doesn't cut it. THey have increased HP medical over the years from $5 a month with 100% coverage hospital to close to $200 a month! But our wages havn't come close to being able to meet that increase! IT IS REALLY DEPRESSING to work for a company that I LOVE so much, but for soooooooooooooo little. Besides, those in RA(QM) that have to know every aspect of the reservations system including groups/more care/ flightfund/ etc aren't paid crap either! JUST A LITTLE RESPECT....I do hope the union gets this and forwards this to the corporate people....COULD THEY LIVE ON THIS INCOME? Single or not? Some of us love what we do but HATE the pathetic pay...there are single moms/dads working this plus a 2nd job, yet have kid problems....why...because they have no choice and corporate forces them to get 2nd jobs to make ends meet! THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW AGAINST THIS CRAPPY PAYSCALE....WE NEED MORE AND WE CAN'T WAIT TILL 2 YEARS FROM NOW AND A NEW CONTRACT..PLEASE...UNDERSTAND...THIS IS A PLEA! A SERIOUS ONE!!! Let's see corp CEO's etc, give up their $mil bonuses to help the "little guy"....and PLEASE.,,.NO MORE OUTSOURCING EITHER.....LOVE THE US..(INCL US AIRWAYS) OR DON'T....BUT STOP OUTSOURCING TO OTHER COUNTRIES AMERICAN JOBS......JUST TO POCKET YOURS WITH BONUSES SO WE CAN STARVE!!!!! OK ENUF...SAID....PLEASE....PLEASE....HELP US NOW!