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The Enthusiastic Employee:
…a decision to lay off people sends a message of the fundamental importance to the workforce about the way the company views its people: not as assets but merely costs (necessary evils).
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The Enthusiastic Employee:
Don’t believe for a moment that stable Employers – the predictability, not just the size, of a paycheck – is ever a trivial issue for workers.
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The Enthusiastic Employee:
…for most people most of the time, the Employers stability that a company offers is critical.
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The Enthusiastic Employee:
There is now a mountain of evidence that casts doubt on the efficacy of downsizing for many companies as a cost-reduction strategy.
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The Enthusiastic Employee:
…a layoff often results in a short-term spike in a company’s stock price. However, the impact on the long term can be quite different.
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The Enthusiastic Employee:
As we have seen in most companies, downsizing the workforce is frequently a short-term solution with little or no long-term benefit.
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The Enthusiastic Employee:
’You get what you give’ should be emblazoned on the office walls of all executives wondering why their employees are indifferent to the goals of the company.
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The Enthusiastic Employee:
…leveling with employees, when combined with clearly genuine efforts to maintain security to the extent possible… is a precondition for workforce enthusiasm…
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The Enthusiastic Employee:
A downsizing that’s handled poorly in terms of employee treatment has a negative impact on employee morale, and therefore, business performance…
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The Enthusiastic Employee:
The power of pay is further amplified by the fact that, in and of itself, it is a satisfier of both the equity and achievement needs.
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