Tales of Lurid Doom, Vol. 1

Author: itsclark

Date: July 23, 2001

by itsclark
7-23-01
A generic, fictional high tech company that looks NOTHING like the place where I work: (cough)
This company is taking a dive. Orders are down for the forseeable future. Our stock is tanking!
So what do we do about it?
Abolish frills like the company picnic, cut pay by 10% across the board, and lay off about 20 people!
But won't that crush employee moral, reduce our experience base, and leave us unprepared when things DO turn around?
You're right! We'll keep the company picnic... And put an incentive program in place!
And the big incentive would be, let me guess... a mention in the company newsletter!