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Why is making job cuts something only an evil corporation would do?

• Klinky 15y ago
  ...again, I am not saying Virgin is inherently evil. The original post suggested that an employee on strike might go to Branson thinking he is a friend and not part of the "evil company". My point was that Richard Branson is the founder & the president of the company & has sided with management already in his open letter. That is what I meant by "he is the 'evil company'". I would hold little hope that a pilot is going to have much sway with Mr. Branson. Now the conversation has veered off into if Branson is a friend of his employees. It sounds like he's partied with employees during the good times. But it's physically impossible for him to be a true personal friend with all his employees. While it's good to be on friendly terms with the founder/president/executive team, you must always keep in mind their position of power & what their motivations might be. Good companies probably do layoff people. But there is this concept that if you fire someone on a friday it's better for them, or right before their weekend or you give a bunch of employees free travel bonuses while sacking 7% of them. It's slight of hand.