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Their ceo made comments a few months ago about too many options and things in the menu signaling he didn’t need all those people. Of course, he leveled it as some kind of obvious problem as if he’s not directly responsible for it. The true accountability will fall on others and not him either way.
Hopefully, people who are left see this kind of disgusting behavior for what it is, and make their own evaluations to punish the company by going elsewhere even if they’re “lucky” enough to stay.
Hopefully, people who are left see this kind of disgusting behavior for what it is, and make their own evaluations to punish the company by going elsewhere even if they’re “lucky” enough to stay.
I understand feeling this way, but I wonder if remote layoffs are the only safe way to do this anymore. Any large enough group is likely to have a few nutcases, and doing it via email (or zoom?) ensures they can't endanger anyone at the office.
At my workplace many years ago, a laid off employee returned, claiming to have bombs with him. It was a nightmare, trying to get everyone safe so police could subdue him. Turned out he was unarmed, but no one knew it at the time.
So they don't want them coming back into the office to shoot the place up or potentially plant explosives to destroy the buildings they own or lease? Fascinating. Prudent on their part. You don't want to let disgruntled employees back into the building once they're gone. Of course, locks only keep out honest people. If a person is determined to get revenge, they will.
Our system is stable enough for now, but at some future point, the rich from a historical perspective make the bottom 90% so unhappy from their greed that you get revolutions. It's happened before, it will happen again, if you want to look at this from a broad perspective as the middle class are priced out of the "American dream" increasingly not just in this country, but others as well.
Top and bottom continue sucking from the middle. Wealth continues to concentrate upward. It does this until the system is unsustainable then the type of "reset" you get ends up with the status quo having their heads mounted on posts and their wealth totally confiscated or destroyed. It will happen again. It's wired into our DNA.
Keep allowing private equity to buy up everything on the planet, and have a planet where a few corporations own everything. That will turn out well. Actually, it won't.
This weekend I saw the smallest McDonalds and it probably looks like the future. It had 8 tables, one small area for the drinks and napkins, and then the smallest counter area/waiting space I have seen in a fast food restaurant. If 6 people were standing there it would be packed in. Enough space for one register and one small area to pick up food and one small shelf for online orders to be left. And by the one door in there were two ordering kiosks. I can only imagine this is the future of most fast food. I couldn't stand by the counter to see the kitchen but probably just 4 or 5 people working there.
If this is the future of McDonalds, you have to assume its the future of their corporate office as well. When you can't hire enough people to have a full staff, just reduce the size of everything you do.
E-mail works best, it's safer for everyone. Maybe include a couple BOGO coupons for a Big Mac as severance pay.
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You don't want to let disgruntled employees back into the building once they're gone. Of course, locks only keep out honest people. If a person is determined to get revenge, they will.
