yes they should be happy to have a job. through no fault of their own, thousands of people are now on the dole and the people still with a job are just lucky. theres not alot anyone can do. if a company above or below you in the chain goes under its beyond your control but also can affect you greatly.

i'm bored shitless sat at home on a 2 day week now and its bad. i havent done anything, the company hasn't done anything, but no one is buying houses, therefore no one is building them, etc etc.

*edit* with that said, no i dont think they should feel guilty looking for a pay rise but with the very (cant think of a better word) unstable climate at the minute alot of things need to be adressed first. its because people were wildly borrowing and spending in the first place that were in this mess, further extravagence WILL only end in tears. my opinion is everyone needs to hold on and ride it out until things have leveled off abit. record profits could be for nothing in 6 months if demand goes down and employees are on raised wages.