RE: Layoffs-puzzling question

Subject: RE: Layoffs-puzzling question
From: "Earl Cooley" <shiva -at- io -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 08:15:25 -0500

> And don't forget the protection of intellectual property.
> Laid off employees with key skills, and the access to
> development areas. Or sales/marketing staff with access
> to client databases. You don't want to give a competitor
> an advantage with your round of layoffs.
>
> Rob

One of the times I was laid off, the company had managed to
eliminate everyone who knew how to use MS Access; I told my
(former) supervisor that meant that he was going to have to
learn it himself, since the customers associated with its
use had not been laid off. heh.

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