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…”