Economy?

[BeerAdvocate]

Same boat. No pay increase, meanwhile life staples such as bread, milk, clothing, utilities, gas, insurance.... go up. My work switched insurance plans to a High Deductible plan Only, so if any thing serious happens to anyone of my family, I pay out of pocket until I reach a very high deductible. I am afraid if that would happen I would have to consider bankruptcy because I do not make enough money in order to save thousands of dollars to pay for anything unexpected. Whats ironic is that I work for a major health care corp that made billions of dollars last year, yet they cant provide affordable healthcare or take care of their own employees!

[longknocker]

Thoughts & Prayers Sent For All Of You. I Make A Good Living With A Steady Job, But No Increase In Salary Over The Last 6 Years, Either. Just Glad The Health Care Business Is Always Busy. Hopefully Everyone Who Needs & Wants A Job Will Find One Soon.

Originally Posted by BeerAdvocate

Same boat. No pay increase, meanwhile life staples such as bread, milk, clothing, utilities, gas, insurance.... go up. My work switched insurance plans to a High Deductible plan Only, so if any thing serious happens to anyone of my family, I pay out of pocket until I reach a very high deductible. I am afraid if that would happen I would have to consider bankruptcy because I do not make enough money in order to save thousands of dollars to pay for anything unexpected. Whats ironic is that I work for a major health care corp that made billions of dollars last year, yet they cant provide affordable healthcare or take care of their own employees!

Its a crying shame... Employers used to value their Employees, now we are all just interchangeable cattle... If we step out of line someone else will gladly step up and take our place...

I have a college degree and still can't seem to make more then 9.00/hr ... Health insurance is nothing but a far off dream for me, something I had once when I was young... Who knows, maybe Obama-care will help the situation, but maybe it won't... the one thing I do know is that I don't think any Generation before mine has had it quite like this... At least the Babyboomer's had a chance in a thriving economy... My generation is damned to unskilled / semi-skilled labor, and its not because we haven't tried, its because the job's that take talent are still being held by the generation before us... and effort can't/isn't being rewarded so alot of us have taken to Apathy... It's really disheartening...