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...merger basically left RUS floating for a while, sort of groundless, homeless, not really knowing where our club was going to get its next paycheck,” says Natalia A.J. Truszkowska. ’04, a former co-president...
...Committee made its annual rounds this spring, soliciting donations, at a $10 minimum, from graduating students. The fundraising drive is always controversial—students who have paid over $140,000 in tuition often question the reasoning that would have them donate even more before they start earning a paycheck. However, by asking for money before students are even out the door, the Gift Committee argues that its helps to build loyalty among alumni and establishes a life-long “pattern” of giving back to the University. The Senior Gift is only one manifestation...
...more than 20% in Tod's case. He now makes $70,000 a year even though he has taken on additional duties. He and Wendy have cut household spending, but their credit-card debt--and their anxiety--is soaring. Tod says he is grateful just to have a regular paycheck...
...year--"and to them, that's good money." He was making $80,000 a year at a programming job in Chapel Hill, N.C., before Temtec USA laid him off last October in a broad cost-cutting move. He has been unable to land a regular paycheck, despite sending resumes to 300 U.S. tech firms. Now, with unemployment benefits running their course, he's trying his hand at commissioned sales for a human-resources company in his hometown. He says he is finished with tech and moans that "computer programmers are the textile workers of the future...
...outdoorsy lifestyle espoused in its catalogs. S.D. Deacon, a construction company based in Portland, Ore., gives new hires $100 to decorate their cubicles, "just to make it feel homey," says an administrator, "since we're here so much." In today's labor market, in which simply getting a paycheck can qualify as a morale booster, some firms are providing inexpensive stress reducers that have the added benefit of squeezing more work out of their staff...