Fourteen percent expected layoffs, but felt it would happen to other people in the department. It s human nature to think that your contribution to a company is more important than that of others, but some of it is self-delusional, she said. For most people, she said, it wasn t so much that they lost their job, it was the total lack of respect and dignity. This mainly happened with new companies that were high on tech, but low on business savvy. In one business, they were herded into a room and told they were gone.
Layoffs can be an uncomfortable thing for businesses.
They put things off and at the end people feel bad. Companies used to grab anybody who claimed to be a techie, but now that the demand is slowing there is a wider pool of people. A lot of companies want people with three to five years experience, she said. Messages may be left 24-hours a day, and a return call will be made within one business day. All rights reserved.