A friend recently attended a
rah, rah speech by the company President
about how their number one asset
was their employees,
etc.
She and I both agree that
layoffs/restructuring plans are looming.
Why?
Because the executive team
has been focusing on that area
(enough to warrant a speech).
In “Hello Laziness”, Corinne Maier observes that
“The more a large company talks about something,
the less there is of it.
Companies assert the ‘value’ of particular jobs
just at the money they are about to disappear…”
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I interview someone just today who said that when his company started assuring everyone there was no reason to worry about their job he started to worry and to look for a job.