Offer substantial severance pay. Give people the respect they deserve and offer the use of a temporary office so that the employee can prepare a resume or make necessary phone calls. Don't escort terminated employees to the door with a guard. Such actions send chills down the spines of remaining employees. As the economy sputters, more and more companies are either eliminating employee benefits or cutting back on customer perks.
Employees adopt a plant to care for.
Clark reminds employers not to cut benefits or remove perks that could affect employee moral. One dumb company eliminated coffee in the office. This move will cost the company more money as workers will leave the office to get their caffeine fix. According to the U.S. Department of Labor more than 20 million Americans work from home. That number has doubled in just a couple of years.