Destroying Lives at the stroke of pen

I read an article today from the Gulf Daily News.

As we know, many companies need to make layoffs to survive, but many bosses are using this recession as an excuse. Here are some highlights:

'Any employer who looks to make staff redundant should first look at the disastrous consequences for individuals, for anyone rendered unemployed during a recession of this magnitude may well be on the scrap heap for the rest of their lives.

I would ask anyone sitting in their office striking names off the payroll to ask themselves first how they would feel going home to their family to say that there was no more money coming in.

Many, many people have very limited savings and the sudden loss of that monthly pay packet may literally mean an empty larder within days of being made redundant.

Redundancy is not a small thing, it is a catastrophe from which some people never recover.

So, Mr Manager, if you are sitting at your desk looking at names on a list, put a face to them, think of their families and ask your heart if what you are doing is right, or even really necessary.

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