Chaos

Now the redundancies are over, when comes the layoffs

Posted by: Samiuela LV Taufa on July 08, 2006 11:34:09 AM

Now that the redundancies have been news'd (i.e. people have taken them, some even enjoying well earned vacations with their tip) the hard question needs to be asked of when the layoffs of incompetents are going to start happening ?

The news has been spread that the garbage men have taken a dip with the redundancies, which in my experience was just as well since we finally had to get Waste Management (i.e. a private company) to deal with our trash, or just ask Mark Jnr to take it with his trip to the bush and stockpile it along with other garbage people are taking to their garden plots.

Guy Kawasaki, a noted person in the computer industry made a good list of "the art of the layoff" that might be of interesting read to the power's at the helm.

The Art of the Layoff
We’re in a bubble again. It’s not as frothy as last time, but hallelujah, this time we know what to do, right? One good thing about the dotcom implosion in 2000 is that we got lots of practice laying people off, and I’m afraid that this valuable knowledge may get lost.

If you are scoffing (“Guy’s clueless: We’ll never downsize because we’re growing so fast.”), then you’re my intended reader.

Visit bTonga

A few highlights?

Take responsibility. Ultimately, it is the CEO’s decision to make the cuts, so don’t blame it on the board of directors, market conditions, competition, or whatever else. In effect, she should simply say, “I’m the orifice. I made the decision. This is what we’re going to do.” If you don’t have the courage to do this, don’t be a CEO. Now, more than ever, the company will need a leader, and leaders accept responsibility.
Cut deep and cut once. Management usually believes that things will get better soon, so it cuts the smallest number of people in anticipation of a miracle. Most of the time the miracle doesn’t materialize, and the company ends up making multiple cuts.

Given the choice, you should cut too deeply and risk the high-quality problem of having to rehire. If nothing else, it enables you to declare victory: “We’ve turned things around and we’re hiring again.” By contrast, multiple cuts are terrible for the morale of the employees who have not been laid off.

Read the rest at his site: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/07/the_art_of_the_.html

Nomoa.com

Chaos

Modules

Now the redundancies are over, when comes the layoffs