Town cuts off it's nose to spite it's face

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Zoidberg wrote:
[quote=Acer]
Article says it was 16 hours a week, but she came in extra to cover the 50 other things they expected her to pick up.

Also known as The American Way.

I work with a lot of engineering level companies; used to be that when someone left or was let go, they hired someone new. Nowadays, if it's a non-technical (engineering degree required) position, the Admin Assistant picks up the job. Used to have a dedicated Word Processor? Nope, now the admin. Payroll? Admin. Human Resources? Admin.

And all for no increase in salary. I have one friend who was told, bluntly, that she was lucky to be working in the current job market so she'd be smart to just take on the new work to make herself more indispensable.
In the current job market? Hello? Have they been living under a rock?