disclosure: i got laid off on february 27, 2009. i was shocked. the operations manager was very sad, and the partner in charge of my department was sad, and the department director was very sad. i was a good employee, founded our company's sustainability team, trained employees in sustainability, was promoted, was working towards something. everyone was very clear that i had done nothing wrong, didn't deserve to be laid off, but "salaries had to brought in-line with billing". and someone making $75k when it's not all billable hours is going to be pushed out of the lifeboat eventually.
but the horsefuckers who brought AIG down? they're supposed to get bonuses. that means they got to keep their jobs. these people literally brought down the world's largest insurance company and the world's financial systems with it, AND THEY'RE STILL EMPLOYED. and getting bonuses. because their contracts say so.
the UAW had a contract with the car companies, but i seem to remember that being recently renegotiated for the sake of people keeping their jobs. people who built the cars they were told to, and did their jobs. THEY had to renegotiate their contracts to keep their jobs. but the mother-pimpers at AIG? well, renegotiating a contract is out of the question. in fact, to hear larry (you think CHICKS can't do math?) summers tell it, actually forcing these fuckers to renegotiate these contracts that award these asscracks bonuses for failing might bring down the rule of law.
so let me explain this to these fucking pathetic excuses for human scum. the only reason you're still employed is so you can clean up the mess you made. that's it. that's your only use. and when you're done cleaning up the catastrofuck you helped created, your ass is going to be canned. either AIG will say so long, fuckers, or people will show up at your office with pitchforks and torches. SO SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT YOUR FUCKING BONUSES. you should be working for free right now, and constantly begging the rest of us (you know, the little people whose 401ks and IRAs you destroyed) for our forgiveness. SO SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT YOUR FUCKING BONUSES. the only thing you've earned is a one-way ticket to the Sahara Desert. you didn't even care about the welfare of the company you worked for. SO SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT YOUR BONUSES. other people are worried about keeping a roof above their heads since they don't have jobs. other people are moving in with their parents. other people can no longer see a doctor since they don't have jobs and can't afford COBRA. SO SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT YOUR BONUSES. going without millions of dollars you didn't earn isn't socialism. it's just desserts.
