Re: [NTLK] OT: I got laid off today

From: John Acuff (jacuff1_at_earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Dec 14 2002 - 00:56:54 EST


On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 11:01 PM, Eric L. Strobel wrote:

>
> Sorry to hear of your job loss. Hopefully your little green friend has
> numerous contacts on it, one of which will be of assistance to you.
>
> BTW, has anyone else noticed that the trend nowadays seems to be that,
> in
> the event of layoffs, the person is shown the door that day (or
> sometimes
> that very hour). Whatever happened to "two weeks notice"? My current
> employer had bucked this trend for a while, allowing folks to take a
> week or
> two to wrap up any loose ends, pass on their records/files to a
> remaining
> employee in an orderly fashion, AND to use the company phones and
> printers
> to try to line up another job. Now, though, there's been changes in
> management and it's the old heave-ho, out the door you go, same-day
> service
> that everyone else seems to favor. Oh well, maybe I'm just old
> fashioned.
>

It's not about being old fashioned, it's about common courtesy. Or
maybe I should say "uncommon courtesy", since there seems to be such a
lack of it in the world these days. Companies don't look at their
employees as people anymore, instead we're "human resources". Just like
office supplies, and equipment. Use it up and throw it out. A sad
commentary on the world we live in now...................
John

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