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9.5 yr Salary caps pressured by rising medical costs and less job security since contractors had more.

I don't trust Spirit to act in good faith. 2) Management is a good ol boys club and they don't care about company performance...just their own jobs and compensation. 3) I doubt Spirit will become profitable as long as Product Engineering is complete

I know I am under paid compared to the national average. I accept that situation. The reason I am comfortable with the situation is because I came from a job that offered nothing. No pay increases, benfits or gaurtees. So when you have nothing and

My Union leadership said to. 2) The length was way to long with no guaranteed raises. 3) Bonuses not large enough to offset wage increase. Oh, wait! Wage increases? Ha ha!! 4) What about my former Boeing Pension Plan?

1)Below market salary caps for 10 years 2)Contract language letting contractors stay on the job while direct employees hit the streets

10 year contract and benifits was the biggest. Also do not like the bonus plan

10 year contract with nothing in compensation. What is the point of staying around for 10 more years with the same wages. If you have to depend on the company for a bonus it will never happen for the working class. They will always find a way to screw you

10 year contract, pay, medical.

10 yr contract

10 yr deal

9 1/2 year contract.

9.5 year contract - contractor language - salary would not keep up with inflation

9.5 YEAR CONTRACT AND THE SALARY INCREASES OR LACK THERE OF.

9.5 year contract!

9.5 year contract, compensation, medical benefits, retirement

9.5 year contract, raises

9.5 years contract too long and no guarantee of wage increase.

9.5 years is a long contract, and feels even longer when the contract takes more than it gives.

9.5 years is too long for a contract with no raise guarantees.

9.5 YR CONTRACT WITH NO EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS

9-1/2 TERM AND NO GUARANTEED WAGE INCREASES

91/2 yrs. Job security, & below market value/compensation.

A long term contract must include cost of living expenses.

A position taken by the company that smacked of One sided posturing and a true disregard of the employees. I found the videos produced by the company to be insulting.

Actually, I had no concerns about me personally, it was the new hires that were getting 'stiffed'.

all work efforts need to be compensated for accordingly. Yearly raises and bonuses should happen, if we have money to do those things for upper management then we have it for the employees that keep this company going. Increasing healthcare cost hurst us

Bad contract, very limited guarantees to keep up with inflation and increased health care costs. Haven't seen a bonus in 6 years why would I assume I would see one now. Would like to see a 1% raise guaranteed each year of contract with additional merit p

becasue it's not fair to us the worker when I see the VIP's making millions

Because it was a slap in the face. Spirit Management is reneging on their 5 year plan to reward their employees for allowing them the first 5 years while they get on their feet and show profit.

Because it was an overall bad offer.

Because of the need to lock down the salary pools to a large degree. And never agree to base it on a metric that we have little influence on.

Because our negotiating team recommended a "NO" vote. I feel they are doing a great job and I support them.

Because there offer is not in line with the rest of the company as a whole. And does not protect our future. Why should we be paid under market in our jobs

Being treated as second class citizens compared to Spirits other employees

Boeing is paying their first level and professionals around 120,000 a year along with 80 dollars per year of service for retirement and paid medical at retirement. We aren't even close!!!

Bonus offer lower than other Spirit workers.

Bonus plan does't build base salary. Impacts social security. $1000 payments should be immediate on signiing and for each year there after until exhausted.

bonuses are one time maybe. a small salary increase is always better since it's forever. with rising costs everywhere my salary needs to kepp up with inflation. bonuses only raise your taxes for that year. bonuses are taxed higher. raises your taxable inc

Can't afford to live on the proposed contract. Too many negatives and too few positives!

Cap where they wanted to cap and no cap when it benefited the company.

capped for 9.5 years.

caps and length of contract

caps on everything that favored an employee advantage and no caps where it favored the company

Caps on merit pools, insultingly low bonus participation and a retirement plan that will prevent younger people from ever accumulating enough to retire with dignity.

common sense

Company consistantly tries to skate by paying under market value for their employee's.

Company shows they do not csre bout us.

Company talk is cheap. They need to back it up and take care of their employees.

Compensation

Compensation - Even if 75% of the decision to give a bonus to employees is based on actual profit data, there is still 25% of the decision based on management discretion. Not Fair. Bonuses should be given to all employees based on actual profit data only

Compensation and Insurance

Compensation issues and the fact we were insulted in receiving anything lower than any other salary member of the Spirit Team.

Compensation plan

Compensation salary caps.

Compensation, I dont have a problem with market based salary pools i do have a problem with them being reduced when the STIP score is below 1 and the cap being at 3%. I will have been at Spirit X years in November and my salary is significantly below mark

Compensation. You want employees to work hard, there has to be something to work hard for. I don't come out here for the fun of it. I am here only for the compensation package.

Compensation: CAPS and lower bonus plan.

Conpensation/Salary, and Medical Insurance

contract comparison with others

Contract content( or lack of) as well as the recommendation of SPEEA.

Contract is too long- too many things can happen in 9.5 years and WTPU would be stuck with 9.5 years. Unreasonable.

CONTRACT LABOR ISSUES NOT FULLY EXPLAINED, INSURANCE 9.5 YEAR CONTRACT PERFORMANCE REVIEWS ARE A JOKE, GIVES MANAGERS TOO MUCH CONTROL WITHOUT JUSTIFICATION.

contract length coupled with caps

Contract offer and Spirit attitude made me feel "devalued".

Contract offer was unfair to employees.

Contract proposal by Spirit seemed like a ploy which they never expected to have well-received.

Contract sucked big time. Salary caps was the biggest insult to me. Just about every section felt like a slap in the face.

contract to long and compensation tied to Company performance. Been around to long, I know how that works.

CONTRACT TO LONG, CAPPED RAISES OR NONE

Contract was a slap in the face on all we hve done to contrubute to the success of the company and this is the "thanks" we get. Looking for EQUALITY.

Contract was for far too long, especially considering there are no employee protections in place regarding merits. Also I think COLA could become an issue over that long a period of time.

contract wasn't good for anybody but the company

Contractors protected before directs

Current and Historical Actions of Upper Management including scare tactics during the transition from Boeing to Spirit

Deducting the $2000 bonus next year. Why give the money if you're going to take it away the next year?

Did not like the 9.5 yr length and caps on Market value

Did not like the compensation language, retirement, or medical.

did not like the raise/bonus plan for next 9 1/2 years

did not vote, became member after vote

Didn't agree with any part of the proposed contract

Didn't belong until I read the comments made by the Management.

DIDN'T LIKE THE WHOLE DAMM THING.

didn't vote

Do not like the idea of no raises and only a chance of a bonus if the company reaches certain goals. Also, the lengh of the contract. 10 years is a long time and who knows what the economy will be like.

Do not want a 9.5 year contract. No caps on medical premiums. Compensation not fair to newer employees.

dont care for bonus..tied to performance, management has made bad decisions on new programs, we will never perform well

Don't trust management

Doubling the premiums and keeping contracters before employees.

Due to everything noted in this survey.

Equity in the proposal for all employees, Mangement and Directs. Medical premiums should be graduated over at least half the life of the contract. Example: Deductibles raise to 20% in a five year period in a graduated increase per year if a 10 year contr

Even if we received a raise or a bonus it would be eaten up by the increased medical cost which would lower my take home pay.

Feel that Spirit negotiated in bad faith, they are only willing for the employee to take unlimited risks while they limit Spirit's risks, we should get more consideration for such a long-term contract.

Felt "de-valued"

Felt I would being making less money at the end of the contract then I do now with reguards to voer all cos of living.

for same reasons in this survey

For the sake of the young people at Spirit. To help assure them competitive compensation in the future.

Future raises and bonuses. Medical!

get real, 9.5 years?

Get Spirit back to the bargaining table.

getting screwed

Had this contract been accepted, I believe our compensation would have continued to errode, against to the ever increasing cost of living.

I am a single mother. I have a modest house payment and one car payment. I am currently going paycheck to paycheck. It is frustrating not to be able to take my kids on a meager vacation during the Summer and worrying if I am going to make it this month

I am at the top of the highest paygrade for what I do. I will never get nother raise.

I am concerned about the salary caps and the medical.

I am here to make money and feel the increases in benefits verses the wage increase proposals would not increase my standard of living but would decrease it. Every year the cost of living goes up and my wages need to reflect and increase to keep up.

I did not feel as if the company was fair nor did they seem to care about rewarding their team.

I did not feel that the contract was acceptable.

I did not like the 9.5 year contract...I do not plan on being here another 10 years....and I do not want to be tied in to the Management Incentive Package.......I would rather have the 3% predictable pool......rather than their up and down mess........

I did not make it to the vote.

I did not think it was a bad offer, but it was not a great offer. I could have lived with it but it could have been better.

I did not vote becuase I was out of town and had no Internet access. :-(

I did not vote...i was told by telephone at 4:15 that day that the voting would not be allowed to start until after the meeting had concluded. That would have made me be very late to another meeting, so i did not go to vote. Please be very specific about t

I didn't feel respected by Spirit management. They gave a weak offer, but expected me to be happy due to the weak economy.

I didn't get to vote do to family matters that were out of my control. I would have voted "No" I think that this company can offer more than what it does. They want more and more out of 1 person and what us to get paid less for doing more.

I didn't like that the contract was for 9.5yrs. And the cost of the medical

I didn't like the contract. Thought the company was very unfair with their proposal!!

I didn't like the fact that they say we are all in this together, and then they want to cap my earning potential, should i cap my working potential. Once we reach a certain point are they wanting me to slow down and stop working. Don't tell someone that

I didn't like the following: Compensation and the salary pool caps Compensation and the "borrowed" signing bonus Doubled medical benefits 9 1/2 year contract

I didn't understand why Spirit would tell us we are so valuable but then offer us this degrading contract offer.

I didn't vote because i didn't want to drive downtown and I have obligations after work.

I didn't vote. I have joined since because of the company's comments and attitude.

I didn't want Spirit to decide on market rate and only use performance as the base. I didn't like the idea of just bonus instead of salary increases. We would be worse off by the end of the contract.

I do not beleive that Spirit is bargining in good faith.

I do not like to be pushed into something I do not feel in the best interest of my family and co-workers.

I do not want the same type of contract the hourly employees received, which was basically a wage freeze for 10 years

I do not want to give up Merit salary increases in lieu of a 'possible' lump sum bonus

I don't believe management has any regard for the employees. NO leadership exists.

I don't like the 9.5 year contract-not enough upside reward for me to bite on it( no cola), too much can happen over ten years (inflation). We have no say, or control, in how the company sets it's unrealistic goals. (I feel like I would be chasing a carro

i don't like the salary caps and increases in medical expenses out of my pocket. and the "signing bonus" that will come out of next year. and the no pay raise for 2011.

I dont want to lose my job

I feel as if I work hard every day. The annual increases is my incentive to stay motivated and to do the best job that i can. That is what seperates the good workers from the bad. That is how i know that the company appreciates me and my hard work year af

I feel like the company doesn't value our contributions to the company and are trying to show it by paying us less, offering us less protection, and decreasing our benefits.

I felt this was no contract from Spirit. What they offered was the same as when we did not have a union. No protection on salery, medical or retirement. If we are so needed we (SPEEA) cannot have 1 day off as a group, then we should be treated equally and

I felt we were being dismissed as a bargaining unit; treated as non-important or illegitimate, not important and without clout or influence on this “team” of Spirit.

I have been a member since the sale. I have carried the non members too long.

I have given the company a good day’s work for a good days pay. I would like to have the company recognize my contribution by providing pay and other compensation in line with shat the executives of the company are receiving

I hired into Spirit after negotiating my "offer" it would be nice to keep what they promised me when I was hired. I am doing what they've asked me to do, the company should keep their end of the deal and not take away from me.

I in the position of retireing within the next 3 years so striking for real big money issues are not a major concern..striking maybe out of the question for me. but , I think any contract longer the 5-6 years is way to long. what ever the contract is i

I joined after the vote

I joined after the vote.

I joined late so I could vote on this long term contract. Altough I am not pro union and may cancel membership after contract is secure I was on the fence even as I walked into Century II. I voted no because I felt our company is positioned very well i th

I just became a member, but i would've voted to reject had i been a member at the time. The main reason is the salary caps seem like a big takeaway and the length of the contract is too long. I'm also not convinced that we'd ever meet any of our bonus g

I just did not like the contract in whole.

I just joined the union after the vote.

I just thought it was a poor offer for 9 years.

I just want to be treated like everyone else.

I need a real wage I can count on! not a bonus..

I need competitive pay to keep my family from falling into poverty!

I rejected the contract due to the basis that I am not being treated equally as a "team" member of this company in respects to salary, bonuses, and compensation. In the past, I "had to" work a 3-day work week to help save the company money. When the short

I struggled to come up with the top 3, much less pinpoint it down to one, but compensation and medical are the top two in general terms.

I understand the price of medical costs are going up, and don't mind paying more... I understand when the company is hurting and management is not receiving any raises, providing us with a 3.5% increase doesn't help the company's overall financial picture

I voted "no" due to the poor compensation package and 9.5 year length of contract.

I voted no because of their “Take or leave it” mentality that is left over from the old Stonecipher days. I will probably never vote "Yes".

I voted no for a couple reasons. I have no problem with a 9.5 year contract just make it fair. First reason was doubling the cost of benefits, if this is going to happen then give me the option to opt out and pay me what my actual compensation would be

I voted the way I did was due to the facts that I saw no finacial growth for 9.5 years and no respect for my contirbution to this company.