"Gary" wrote in message
Its sad to say, but pay for seniority is a dying concept in this country.
Pay for performance with meager cost of living adjustments seems to be the
norm now days.

I don't see a problem with that. If a drone has been on the payroll for ten
or twenty years, should he/she make more than a one year employee that does
an excellent job? One would hope that the long term employee is more
valuable and has greater knowledge, but that is not always the case.
Seniority counts for vacation time picks, but has nothing to do with the
quality of work, and thus, the amount of pay