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08/21/2001 Archived Entry: "21-August-2001 -- Read this before you fire anyone"

Read this before you fire anyone (David Strom) -- "Next, you should as a matter of course treat each worker on your staff with respect, dignity and as an adult. Consider that they are individuals, have added some value to your company and treat them accordingly. We are creating a culture of very angry people, she says, in the way that many firms expect people to work 80-hour weeks and then fire them with little notice or severance. If you have such a culture in your firm, you should stop expecting people to work such inordinate hours, keeping them away from their families."

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