Just what they're doing here then, you can't beat a bit of Christmas cheerPatrick Stevens said:A good batch of sackings before Christmas can help motivate the survivors.
Why is it always done before Xmas? Start the New Year fresh? It always struck as a really awful time to do it; prior to a new financial year is understandable but that's normally April.Patrick Stevens said:A good batch of sackings before Christmas can help motivate the survivors.
The MD of a company I used to work for obviously believed in the motivational power of redundancy. He got rid of 20+ people (more than 10% of the workforce) one morning. To show the rest of us how we might prosper if we worked really hard he had his new Ferrari delivered to the front of the main office block about an hour later while desks were still being cleared. Nice touch...Patrick Stevens said:A good batch of sackings before Christmas can help motivate the survivors.
Wow, that's a clarse act.ColinJ said:he had his new Ferrari delivered to the front of the main office block about an hour later while desks were still being cleared. Nice touch...![]()
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