If you have heard the news lately or read the morning/evening papers all you hear and read about are company reductions-in-force, layoffs, firings, downsizings, resizings, rightsizings, perfectsizings, and department/office/plant closings. You name it there are a hundred ways to call " losing your job".
Too many companies are just letting people go and not doing it in a dignified manner. That is why you are hearing about plant sit-ins, or employees refusing to leave their work area because companies are not treating employees with respect or letting them go in a dignified way.
what is even more outrageous is companies that are not taking care of people who have dedicated their life to their company's product line, or getting an order out the door to meet a customers need. So what we as HR people need to do is make sure that management does treat employees with respect, dignity, and make sure that pay is taken care of that is fair and just.
Remember these people who you do not treat right will make it harder for you to recruit in the future. The word will got out and we continue to talk about not burning bridges, well for those who only think that this is a one way street you are sadly mistaken it is a two way street as well.
What are you thoughts on this touchy and current issue individuals are facing in the tough economic environment. Email me at wgstevens2@gmail.com
