the / layoff
January 20, 2008When I walked into the office, I felt sick. I found out the day before that there might be a layoff. Its a strange feeling to walk around the office and wonder if a person you worked with will still be there on Monday morning. Even though this experience was uncomfortable for me, I can only imagine what it was like for my boss. I imagine her sitting around a table, when the CEO asks “who on your team can be made redundant?” There has to be a feeling of guilt for the management team for failing all the employees. Well, I hope there is…
I have been through enough layoff’s at couple different companies to realize this is a symptom of poor decisions made by the management team. Often the executive who was responsible for the bad decisions has already left. Funny, how they know when to leave.
If you are wondering why I have not talked about the actual day, well the answer is easy. The day was total crap and not that interesting.
