Comments on: Layoffs–the Employee’s View https://www.evilhrlady.org/2008/06/layoffs-employees-view.html Everything to make HR better Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2008/06/layoffs-employees-view.html#comment-2478 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 20:02:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2008/06/layoffs-the-employees-view.html#comment-2478 Thanks Dave! Poor Annie the HR lady. That is inappropriate behavior on the part of the management.

]]> By: dave wags https://www.evilhrlady.org/2008/06/layoffs-employees-view.html#comment-2477 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:06:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2008/06/layoffs-the-employees-view.html#comment-2477 The author’s evil HR lady sent him an email. Check it out for some additional information that adds a lot to the HR side of the story.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2008/06/layoffs-employees-view.html#comment-2476 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 14:32:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2008/06/layoffs-the-employees-view.html#comment-2476 Dave–I think your “grandboss” made the absolute right decisions. We tell managers, in the case of layoffs, “you trusted this person yesterday. Why wouldn’t you trust him today?” Sure, if the person starts acting irrationally, we step in, but otherwise, respect is so important. Let the person pack his boxes, say goodbye and leave with dignity.

]]> By: Dave Ferguson https://www.evilhrlady.org/2008/06/layoffs-employees-view.html#comment-2475 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:01:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2008/06/layoffs-the-employees-view.html#comment-2475 “You shouldn’t be talking to him” would be hilarious were it not so believable. My reaction to this kind of insanity (Chronic Hall Monitor Syndrome) is, “Didn’t Lincoln free the slaves?”

I should say that when I was laid off (along with 33% of my coworkers) after an 18-year career, my grandboss (who’d been in his position less than six months) treated me with gentleness and respect. Company policy required him to sign stickers for any boxes I’d take out of the building; he handed me four or five, already signed, and said, “Let me know if you need more.”

A coworker in another department, someone who loved her job and the company, had her boss watch as she packed her stuff. She’d been there two years long than I had.

Leonard Cohen said there ain’t no cure for love. Not much hope for bone-bred stupidity, either.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2008/06/layoffs-employees-view.html#comment-2474 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:13:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2008/06/layoffs-the-employees-view.html#comment-2474 I agree. It was a fantastic article.

]]> By: dave wags https://www.evilhrlady.org/2008/06/layoffs-employees-view.html#comment-2473 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:52:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2008/06/layoffs-the-employees-view.html#comment-2473 This is some of the best writing I’ve read in a long time. What a fantastic piece.

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