Careful what you wish for
- Posted by Brendan Francis Newnam
- on January 22, 2009 10:23 AM
To management - as soon as you know something about our situation, just tell us. The uncertainty period is worse than knowing you are going to be laid off.
We’ve received a couple of comments like this from the PIN. Do you agree? If your company is facing layoffs, how are they communicating with you about it?
Meanwhile, for many employees at Microsoft and Warner Bros, the period of uncertainty is about to come to an end.
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