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>Because the people who are left are stupider and more desperate for a job. No, it's because by round two and three the company doesn't have as much money and
by lsc 13y ago
>Because the people who are left are stupider and more desperate for a job.
No, it's because by round two and three the company doesn't have as much money and isn't as concerned by the bad press that comes from layoffs without severance. You could say that people /stay/ because they are desperate for a job.
- nimble 13y agoRe-read the sentence you quoted.
- bmelton 13y agoI can't bear to vote you down Luke, but you just said the exact same thing as the parent.
- lsc 13y agoMy reading of rayiner's comment was that the severance packages were small because the employees were desperate and stupid. I'm suggesting that the size of the severance package is divorced from the quality of employee. The severance package has to do with how much money the company has and how concerned it is with publicity.
- rayiner 13y agoYeah, I read your post wrong. I read it as the size of the incentives to stay, not the severance.
- bmelton 13y agoI think you skipped the word 'are', in the phrase 'people who are left'. Regardless, you both appear to agree that the layoffs who pass on the earlier, more attractive offers are likely to get the least attractive severance packages. Edit: Not it appears that Rayiner agrees that he's wrong, which makes me wrong by proxy, which is confusing, since I can't find where you two are in any disagreement. Just pretend I'm not here, I guess.