The thread is about how layoffs can actually hurt the company. I told a true story about how the threat of layoffs caused a valued employee to find another job and how the company was upset that I had betrayed them by leaving when they really needed me most.
I never felt entitled at all and never feel entitled to my job, but I also know that my set of skills is in high demand, so I don’t want to hear a lot of whining when I move to a new company because the time to show me how valuable I am is not the day I come in to quit. I was happy with my paycheck and benefits and when those were threatened by some corporate decisions, I did what I had to do to protect MY bottom line. The plant’s eventual closing did not affect me the slightest because I had been in my new job for a year by the time they closed the doors.
I was merely agreeing with the author of the article that there may be some costs that aren’t readily apparent when a company decides to lay off part of its work force, and losing the best employees is one of the biggest and most immediate impacts. Once you do a layoff, you lose the trust of your employees for a long time and they’ll all be shopping for a new job. The good ones will be successful. The bad ones will stay with you to the end. This isn’t the recipe for success.
I’m not a union guy, but I thought that when one was laid-off it was not liked being fired because when things picked up the laid-offs were called back. I don’t think those employees who were laid-off complained when they were called back. If you seek employment you have to realize that there could come a time when your employer could, for reasons known only to him, tell you that the market just will not allow him to carry you for the time being, but if things turn around, he will repay your loyalty to him by giving you your old job back with no questions asked. I think that’s the fair thing to do