Are you folks not seeing how unions of this ilk are one of the largest problems facing free enterprise economy today? You will hear some of the largest arguments from this union centered around competitive wages, unfair commission practices and poor health benefits. And they will talk about how companies like Verizon treat their employees so much better. Ya want to know why? Because companies like Verizon can spend the MILLIONS of dollars they save each year by not paying over inflated salaries and benefits to under-experienced union workers and give it to deserving workers in the form of great commissions and improved healthcare. And if Verizon and other companies are so much better, then walk away from AT&T and go to Verizon. But you know what? Verizon and other similar companies in this industry won't touch 90% of this unionized workforce because they CANNOT compete with their existing workforce. So even those these union folks will whine till the cows come home, they stay at AT&T and get their unions to bully around the company. Because they cannot compete out in today's workforce. You folks would be amazed to see the pay, bonus, vacation and health package that most of these union workers get in exchange for a job you could have done as well when you were in high school. Us non-union folks from AT&T who have been putting in 60 hours a week for the last 10 years at a fixed salary are so tired of these leeches effecting our jobs. And now we are having to put in 80 hours a week to learn how to fill the gaps that these slugs will leave open when they strike. Our pay raises have been frozen; bonuses slashed; healthcare costs gone up; we get 4 recognized vacation days per year; and here we are working our rear ends off just happy to have a job. I cannot believe that these groups are talking strike when large companies just like AT&T are going out of business. Unbelievable.
Verizon may be good to their employees, but they're horrible to their customers, especially in places without competition. Have a nice phone from Korea and want to use it on Verizon? Good luck, it won't happen without third-party help. Heck, have a phone from Amp'd and want to use it? You're on your own. And even then they might kick you off if they don't like your phone.
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Are you folks not seeing how unions of this ilk are one of the largest problems facing free enterprise economy today? You will hear some of the largest arguments from this union centered around competitive wages, unfair commission practices and poor health benefits. And they will talk about how companies like Verizon treat their employees so much better. Ya want to know why? Because companies like Verizon can spend the MILLIONS of dollars they save each year by not paying over inflated salaries and benefits to under-experienced union workers and give it to deserving workers in the form of great commissions and improved healthcare. And if Verizon and other companies are so much better, then walk away from AT&T and go to Verizon. But you know what? Verizon and other similar companies in this industry won't touch 90% of this unionized workforce because they CANNOT compete with their existing workforce. So even those these union folks will whine till the cows come home, they stay at AT&T and get their unions to bully around the company. Because they cannot compete out in today's workforce. You folks would be amazed to see the pay, bonus, vacation and health package that most of these union workers get in exchange for a job you could have done as well when you were in high school. Us non-union folks from AT&T who have been putting in 60 hours a week for the last 10 years at a fixed salary are so tired of these leeches effecting our jobs. And now we are having to put in 80 hours a week to learn how to fill the gaps that these slugs will leave open when they strike. Our pay raises have been frozen; bonuses slashed; healthcare costs gone up; we get 4 recognized vacation days per year; and here we are working our rear ends off just happy to have a job. I cannot believe that these groups are talking strike when large companies just like AT&T are going out of business. Unbelievable.
Verizon may be good to their employees, but they're horrible to their customers, especially in places without competition. Have a nice phone from Korea and want to use it on Verizon? Good luck, it won't happen without third-party help. Heck, have a phone from Amp'd and want to use it? You're on your own. And even then they might kick you off if they don't like your phone.
At least AT&T can't do that- thanks be to GSM.