Reply #6: Welcome to the "booming economy".... [View All]

.... nothing you are saying here is surprising. Companies are cutting costs relentlessly to try to turn a profit in a "down" market, and because of plain old fashioned greed.

Try not to blame this on "Dick", more than likely he has ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL over the situation. A close friend works in a similar situation. From on high, budgets come and the middle managers HAVE NO CHOICE but to make the cuts needed to meet the budget. This person works in a company that is quite profitable, yet they feel the need to put the squeeze on. Fact is, management of most American companies sucks. They don't know if things are being efficiently run, so their method for finding out is to cut, cut, and cut some more until product/service suffers. Often, by the time customers start complaining it is basically too late. But that is a subject for another thread :)

I would definitely be looking for another job, but be aware that it is not going to be easy to find one.