[Kid Shelleen]

They probably have few people abusing the system so instead of cracking down on the slackers they are going to take the cowardly way out and end it.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Companies have every right to make stupid decisions. If the motive is to get people to quit there is no penalty for lying.

[PeterPrinciple]

They probably have few people abusing the system so instead of cracking down on the slackers they are going to take the cowardly way out and end it.

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And that is probably the real reason. Everyone has to be treated equally. And who might the slackers be?

[Fred Hayek]

I worked for an engineering company that did something similar. A few designers (I mean a few) were taking 3 hour lunches on the clock. HR delayed action on this instead of terminating these people post haste, in order to lay the heavy head trip on everyone. No one was allowed to leave the building during lunch. And there was a time limit for travel from one office location to another, and that time limit was not disclosed, people getting docked because of traffic, trains, etc. This is not showing up for work late, this is traveling across Houston for meetings, etc. Add to that the HR rep shows up at meetings lecturing professionals (trying to get project work done at these meetings) like we were all third graders.

I do not see a bright future for that company.

[Flick Lives]

They probably have few people abusing the system so instead of cracking down on the slackers they are going to take the cowardly way out and end it.

Yup. Part of the corporate culture of a dying corporation; gutlessness.

Many companies are like IBM. Countries too, for that matter. They start out with developing a new technology for that time, they grow, they may even dominate an industry for a time. But over time, the bureaucracy within the company grows and with it ossification begins to set in. They often are then stuck on their own past success, as was the case with IBM being stuck in mainframe thinking when the PC came on the scene.

These companies become afraid of change and the people within the company, or country, then want to protect the status quo; because they are the status quo. Newer companies come along (Apple, Microsoft) seize the initiative and the market. The old companies like IBM at this point are incapable of adapting to a rapidly changing world. They've reached an apogee and are on decent.