"Just be thankful you HAVE a job"

First off, yes, I'm thankful I have a job. I'd be foolish to think any different. Secondly, yes, I do apply for other jobs when they happen to come available. I do not approach my discontent with passivity.

What is pissing me off is that those words are being told to me (and others where I work) in lieu of getting a raise.

The store where I work was recently bought out. This was good and business has increased by at least 65%. This increase means we're all working even harder, and no new employees are being hired.

I questioned a manager last night about when we'd see the performance reviews the new owners promised us when they bought the store (we'd been under a wage freeze for a year under the former owners). He said not to expect a raise for at least another year.

ANOTHER *BLEEPING* YEAR?...

Yes, I'm thankful I have a job, but damnit, I'm not grateful for being taken advantage of...the rat bastards, and I'm getting just about fed up to my last nerve with being told, "Just be thankful you have a job."

What? Is that the new method of pay raise these days? I'm tellin' ya, it doesn't jive with the $50 bill being the new $20 bill...not by a long shot.

The new owners are right now making money hand over fist, and they can't give us who make it happen for them raises?

Oh...my...god, and ironic it is that I just right now got a call from work to come in on my day off tomorrow...I think my last standing nerve is about ready to blow a gasket.

Kwap, I don't know whether to laugh like a maniac or cry with frustration at this point...ffs.