Gosh, it is amazing how bad things keep getting.  I thought it was bad at the beginning of the year, then the drop in tier status, then probation, now I hear about the possibility of raises being lost, while outrageous amounts of money are being spent on ads.  When posters talked about their $400 raises, I honestly thought that was per month.  It's quite common to talk about salaries on a per month basis.  You can imagine my shock when someone clarified that it was only beer money -- $33 per month.

I'm done venting.  I'm going to be positive now.  Something just has to give.  I'll keep sending my good thoughts to the fighters in the trenches.