Got a question, hope someone can answer... What online casino can you deposit with Discover Card? Looking forward for any answer. My 2nd question... I had thought with the economy slowly turning around, we'd start to see things improving a bit - or least things not getting any worse, but the past two weeks have not been good news at my workplace..

I work for a leading drugstore/pharmacy chain as a supervisor..

In 2007, I was lured away from my previous employer with an offer of a 20% pay increase. I gave my previous employer a chance to match it, and they offered 5%. Three months later, I was given a promotion, and another 12.5% pay increase. Times were good. I was making 35% more per hour than I was with my previous employer. As an added bonus, my location reimburses supervisors for monthly train passes ($59/mo) - so I just use that in lieu of driving...



In late 2008 (after my raise) it was announced that raises would be limited at 2% maximum for annual increases and 5% for promotions (unless being promoted to a salaried position). This change stuck through 2009, and is still in effect now. Many of us were hopeful it would go back to 5% for annual and 12.5% for promotion in 2010 - or at least somewhere better than 2% and 5% - but it doesn't seem like it's going anywhere, especially after the news of the past week..

- Our weekly budget for payroll has been decreased from 950 hours to 800 hours..

- Our store must "decrease" the number of employees enrolled as "full time" from 16 to 10. Full time employees "cost more" than part time employees because they get better benefits..

Despite the terrible fiscal year (our district was down like 4% in sales over 2008), my store was UP in sales by a little over 3% from 2008..

I understand shareholders look at a working mother's health insurance as an "unnecessary expense", and a quick way to save lots of money is to have people working less often, but seriously...?.

The hours we have had to cut have not been "excess" - it's been anything that's not bare minimum. Losing those 150 hours, even just for the first week, have meant shelves have been empty with the product sitting in the back for 2-3 days at a time. There is now a shortage of cashiers, and lines are longer. I worked on New Years Day, my scheduled shift was 7am to 3pm. Upon opening the store, I was apalled. There were zero paper towels and toilet paper on the shelves.

The milk cooler was empty, with plenty in the storage cooler. Potato chips, soda, snacks, detergent... all wiped out. I ended up with seven hand written pages of a "to do list" for the day. I got the shelves full, but didn't get out til 9 pm..

The next day I was greeted with an email from our district manager asking "why the f a supervisor worked a 14 hour shift on a time and a half holiday"..

So - how long can we expect for this crap to continue?..