I just had to sit through an hour long presentation at my workplace by a top manager at a privatized public utility. This Boston Consulting-bred mf who probably makes six figures was talking about “reshaping the cost base” as a euphemism for major job cuts, while in the same breath bragging about being acquired by a Private Equity firm. He literally had a fucking bullet point about a highly unionized workforce being one of the main challenges facing the company.
I was struggling to even sit still, it was maddening. I made an effort to contain the rage, but even the few angry comments I made about it afterwards with my colleagues seemed to fall on deaf ears. I might have already jeopardized my job if rumor of them reaches the wrong people. Unfortunately my rent doesn’t pay itself, and this is a relatively good job as far as they go.
How do you deal with the rage? How do you manage the anger internally when expressing it might genuinely lead to losing your job? I really tried to keep my mouth shut today, and I still kinda failed.
Oh, wait, highly unionized workforce? Are you unionized? If not, try to talk to one of the union reps for the folks who are, ask them how you can get started forming one. They’ll have resources.
Unfortunately we’re not the highly unionized workforce in question. We’re the tech contractor they want to replace said highly unionized workforce with. We’re not unionized and I don’t see the majority of my colleagues giving a shit except for a couple likeminded people. It’s bleak
Maybe (anonymously?) contact their union to warn about it?