Re: A moral dilemma re: making someone redundant, or, is my Dad a bastard?
 

I think it is very bad form and is not good business, either. Basically, management is sending a very strong (unitentional) message to everyone else who works there that they do not care enough about their employees to even give them ample notice. Since January is such a busy month, this guy may have been able to get a job if they let him go or told him they were going to let him go. Yeah, that's bad for the company to lose someone in crunch time, but this will likely seriously hurt morale and erode the loyalty of other employees.

There is an axiom in business, you can only lie to your employees once. Though I don't hold that he was lied to (others may), it is a pretty big screw job that is going to cost management trust and support amongst those who remain and know about it.

From a human standpoint, it's pretty lousy, too.

Re: A moral dilemma re: making someone redundant, or, is my Dad a bastard?
 

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I think it is very bad form and is not good business, either. Basically, management is sending a very strong (unitentional) message to everyone else who works there that they do not care enough about their employees to even give them ample notice. Since January is such a busy month, this guy may have been able to get a job if they let him go or told him they were going to let him go. Yeah, that's bad for the company to lose someone in crunch time, but this will likely seriously hurt morale and erode the loyalty of other employees.

There is an axiom in business, you can only lie to your employees once. Though I don't hold that he was lied to (others may), it is a pretty big screw job that is going to cost management trust and support amongst those who remain and know about it.

From a human standpoint, it's pretty lousy, too.

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These are just about exactly my thoughts on the subject. Doing this sucks, and I'd think it'll be bad for morale among the rest of the employees.

Re: A moral dilemma re: making someone redundant, or, is my Dad a bast
 

Perhaps right now, at some higher level meeting, more senior managers are thinking about making your father redundant.

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