If your company was needing to do some cut backs...

[Paul]

Well, as a preventive measure, our CEO froze all pay increases this year. I am pretty sure that I was getting a raise, but i'd rather freeze pay as opposed to laying good people off. Though it would be nice if they cut the lazy ass dead weight employees.

i think most companies of 20+ employees always has dead weight that can be cut...

[F8d2Blk]

This is a good thread but I would add what has happen to you or fellow friends in the workplace.

I think I would want a pay decrease, instead of a layoff.
But in our warehouse our staff has been literally cut in half. Same as our sales too. Our company froze all matching 401k Contributions and will be
cutting back our health insurance even more.
My brother who works in a tile warehouse his pay was cut from $16 to $13 dollars and plus a handful of people layed off.