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Do you have experience working in companies where layoffs take place? This is what happens, one fine day, everyone picked for layoffs are informed, the next day
by recoiledsnake 15y ago
Do you have experience working in companies where layoffs take place? This is what happens, one fine day, everyone picked for layoffs are informed, the next day there is a company meeting in which the executives claim there are no more layoffs in the near future so that they don't start shopping for jobs.
It makes sense because Nokia(as well as any company) would want to keep the best and fire the rest. The problem is that the best have an easier time being lured or hired, so no wonder Elop said what he said. It's just textbook style.
- bakbak 15y agoi have seen even funnier (or say worst) situation where they called a VPs and asked him to select the people to layoff by the end of the week, the VP fought back trying to save jobs of the team members but somehow management forced him to pick maximum number of members whom they then laid off on friday --- come monday they gave pink-slip to the same VP... the person was stunned !!! they didn't laid-off VP for fighting back but it was pre-planned & scripted by HR.
- tryp 15y agoIt's _textbook_ HR. You don't want your staff to hate their new manager because their first day was spent handing out pink slips. You make the old manager carry out the reduction, then you get to fire the bad guy.