Speaking of knowing when it’s time to go, Sprint is offering a voluntary separation package to its employees. For employees who are ready to retire or entering a period of non-paid work (child care or elder care, perhaps), this seems ideal. For the rest? I’m guessing they’ll pass on the package unless they have been interviewing for a better job:
“No one is being forced to do anything,” she [Lisa Zimmerman-Mott, a Sprint spokeswoman] said. “There are no forced reductions. There are no layoffs in store. It’s a matter of employees having the option to exercise discretion. No targets have been announced.”
If you chuckled knowingly upon reading “There are no layoffs in store,” you’re on the same page as me. Yeah, right. But still. Voluntary separation packages seem like a better way to begin downsizing than involuntary lay-offs.
And speaking of nothing in particular, I would really like a cookie right now. I’m wondering why I have Sprint (or lay-offs) associated with cookies.
November 20th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
I see high paying jobs posted on popular job sites -
www.linkedin.com
www.indeed.com
www.realmatch.com
I think the media is trying to scare the US workforce.
November 21st, 2008 at 9:27 am
I definitely know people who have been hired recently, but I know more folks who have been laid off.