There\’s ups and downs
There’s ups and downs with boxing, layoffs are part of the sport and they can either help or hurt a guy. Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Layoff
I worked as a
I worked as a teacher in the public school system in New York City for several years, and I was a victim of the layoffs, you know, in the mid-’70s. And then I worked as a sales engineer for a company in New Jersey that was selling industrial filtration equipment. Feisal Abdul Rauf
Obviously it\’s one of
Obviously it’s one of my biggest wins, and especially after a long layoff, to come back out and win in my fifth start means a lot. I’ve been working hard on my game and been working hard on me, and so it means a great deal to have some success right out of the gate. … Read more
Utilities used deregulation to
Utilities used deregulation to effect a series of mergers limiting competition. In order to accelerate profits, cost cutting ensued, involving the layoff of thousands of utility company employees, including some who were responsible for maintenance of generation, transmission, and distribution systems. A number of investor-owned utilities stopped investing in the maintenance and repair of their … Read more
The company calls it
The company calls it ‘downsizing’ or ‘rightsizing.’ My own informal Name the Layoff contest produced some other euphemisms: Retroactive Hiring Freeze, Resume Revision Days, Amway Opportunity Time, and Corporation Lite. Dale Dauten
And let’s not forget
And let’s not forget that internally, we are, like all dying empires, being hollowed out from the inside in terms of infrastructure. I live near Philly, I live in Princeton. The school system is shattered with closings and layoffs. Libraries are being shuttered. Head Start is being cut back. Unemployment benefits are not being extended. … Read more
The obvious liberal rejoinders
The obvious liberal rejoinders come to mind: What about the child whose home is hit by a bomb? Did she have some bomb-shaped thoughtform that brought ruin down on her head? And did my [fired white-collar workers] boot-camp mates cause the layoffs that drove them out of their jobs by “vibrating” at a layoff-related frequency? … Read more
I thought I was
I thought I was making fifty dollars a week [at MGM], but it turned out to be $35 because twelve weeks of the year you were on layoff. It was white slavery, and it lasted for seventeen years. Ava Gardner
Today’s business and health
Today’s business and health care climate may not be pleasant. Cutbacks, pay cuts and layoffs do not make anyone’s job easy. But that does not mean that the humor need stop. Allen Klein
If you have to
If you have to conduct layoffs, which is always a regrettable thing, there’s kind of three things that are very important. One is to communicate well with your employees in order to help them understand why it is you’re doing, and how. Second is to make sure that the employees who are part of the … Read more