What did I get myself into?

So I made it through the triple-whammy census this morning only because someone else had to do the numbers for me.

Then, I found out that my hours are being cut. Not just mine, but everyone's. It's an effort to avoid lay offs in the face of an unbalanced corporate budget.

I won't even see a full pay check before the hour cuts start.

Grand.

UPDATE: my supervisor left me a voice mail on my cell while I was driving home. I just picked it up.

She said that she had hoped to talk to me before I left, to ease my mind.

Then, she said that I am exempt from the hour cuts because I am so new.

This makes me feel better.

It's not fair to new employees to have to take a cut before their first pay check! Especially because we don't GET the benefits or the holidays or the vacation or the sick time yet.

I have never worked for a company that makes you wait 6 months before you earn ANY benefits. It's usually 90 days.

At this job, I will not earn paid holidays, or start to accumulate paid time off for vacation or sick leave, until May.

So, that being said, I do feel better on one hand, but knowing that I work for a company that is doing this after already recovering from a bankruptcy makes me a little leery.