Originally Posted by kane

They need to do what I have seen in other companies. I worked for an electronics manufacturer years ago. They owners sold the company. The new owners came in and made everyone re-apply for their jobs. You basically had to explain to them why they needed to keep you. They probably laid off about 30% of the workforce and never missed a beat on production or quality. There were so many people who had been hired on for one thing or another then ended up sticking around that they were just clogging up the system.

I see it in the little town I work in. There is the public works officer. His job really is about a 20 hour a week job, but he works it full time. Fine, if they want to pay him to be around full time just in case, no problem. But he has an assistant and a secretary. He has told me himself that on most days he gets 5-10 calls that are work related and about 10-20 emails. All his secretary does is answer the phones and respond to his email. His assistant gets his lunch, washes his car and does whatever including running the city wide fantasy sports leagues. He told me that if the city bought him a Blackberry or an Iphone (something email capable) they could get rid of both of them and he wouldn't miss them. Combined these two people probably make around 70-80K a year. They could replace that with a $100 a month phone, but won't, yet they say they don't have the money to fill a couple of huge potholes on some of the roads.