Thanks to an old Google Alert I had set up at least a year ago, I read today that my former employer, the company that laid me off nearly two months ago because they wanted to “lower the head count,” received $282,000 in job creation tax credits from the state of Pennsylvania this past December.

This company didn’t create any jobs. They did the complete opposite of that. In the name of cutting costs, they eliminated jobs. How on earth do they get a tax credit for something they clearly never did?

Even before I was laid off, the company in an attempt to save money, was forcing all employees to take one week off each quarter without pay. How can they be allowed to do this when they are receiving tax credits because they are supposedly creating jobs?

I find things like this to be extremely disappointing and more than just a little demoralizing.