Yes, the corporate rip-off. In the '80s, the company I used to work for (which was since purchased by another) used to have an engineer and a supervisor for each communications payload. That was where the payload was integrated into the spacecraft. Fast forward, the next iteration was expected to evidence cost savings by using the existing processes...which were as helter-skelter as at any other aerospace company. I base that on having worked for all the majors. It came down to where two people- one engineer and one supervisor- were expected to take care of TWO payloads. So, four people, now two. Then, the job description was upped to include the role of test conductor. So, 6 people, now two. That was the situation. Then, the company offered a retirement package, which the other guy I was working with (ostensibly, the "supervisor") retired. So, it was six, then one (me). And I was doing it. Try to get promoted for doing six people's work, not happening (oh and BTW, I was doing another whole engineer's workload on yet another program, so 7 people's work). I would have stayed for a measly $25k a year raise (which, BTW, would have taken 3 years to achieve, because they didn't give it all up front), but they jacked me around on the promotion, too. 
My wife talked me into talking to her parent's money people. It turned out that I could retire at 62. Fuck 'em; I left, and they had to hire several people to replace me.
My wife talked me into talking to her parent's money people. It turned out that I could retire at 62. Fuck 'em; I left, and they had to hire several people to replace me.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
