Employment: The Corporate L-Word

Eliminating a position, such as all clerical employees, and shifting that work to managers and staff is as routine as telling each department it must downsize by 10 percent. While seeming “fair,” this may be bad for your business because essential positions will be cut.

Job Search in Mind
Consider layoffs as close to the beginning of a week as possible so people can immediately apply for unemployment and start their job searches. The last thing you want to do is to create a situation where people are mourning, fretting and becoming angry over a weekend when their opportunities to act are limited.