In 2008, after the owners moved the business to a bigger, newer building with much higher rent, everything changed! In 2009, we all took a pay cut, lost our flex-time and summer hours. There were no raises to off-set the rising cost of our health insurance. The new CFO (at the owner's direction, I'm sure) even cut out the cookouts.
Now, we've been sold to new owners from out of Ohio, and over 10% of the workforce (most of us over 55 yrs old - some over 60 with more than 30 yrs with the company) have been laid off or let go.
The owners became rich as of July 25, but many of us are now unemployed.