tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post4536108461161479151..comments2024-03-17T03:15:14.033-04:00Comments on View From Madison Avenue: Whatever Happened To Common Courtesy When Letting People Go?View From Madison Avenuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-59605407352365598122014-05-28T10:56:22.252-04:002014-05-28T10:56:22.252-04:00Very good info. Lucky me I discovered your blog by...Very good info. Lucky me I discovered your blog by chance (stumbleupon).<br /><br />I've book marked it for later!<br /><br />My blog post :: Marketing Thinking (<a href="http://marketingthinking.weebly.com/" rel="nofollow">marketingthinking.weebly.com</a>)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-21580841896139981362013-01-30T13:16:48.136-05:002013-01-30T13:16:48.136-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-91247010874552060662012-12-21T16:39:56.995-05:002012-12-21T16:39:56.995-05:00Great point you make here! I've seen some of m...Great point you make here! I've seen some of my favorite co-workers leave after I came back from meetings. What's ironic is that people still give the minimum "two-weeks' notice" when quitting. The whole purpose of the two-week notice is so that the agency can still operate as they find someone else to fill, and to take over the employee's work. But when it comes to DKhttp://www.brandathon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-41405593591054933752012-12-20T08:47:54.155-05:002012-12-20T08:47:54.155-05:00@John: You make an excellent point and I am sure y...@John: You make an excellent point and I am sure you are right up to a point. The holding companies are responsible for a lot of this and some of them own very small companies. I have heard about this from candidates who have worked at all different sized companies, however. The claim is that asking people t o leave immediately is better for morale, but I would like to see that in an empirical View From Madison Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-84503007276172013842012-12-19T23:32:10.784-05:002012-12-19T23:32:10.784-05:00If you were to more seriously research this I susp...If you were to more seriously research this I suspect you'd find a direct relationship between "size of company" and "dismissal etiquette." In other words, the larger, more corporate the company, the more callous the handling of it.John Follishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Follisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-933923165095771132012-12-19T23:30:22.071-05:002012-12-19T23:30:22.071-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.John Follishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416462374358384279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-4928399193925320632012-12-19T23:25:41.371-05:002012-12-19T23:25:41.371-05:00If you were to more seriously research this I susp...If you were to more seriously research this I suspect you'd find a direct relationship between "size of company" and "dismissal etiquette." In other words, the larger, more corporate the company, the more callous and impersonal the handling of this. John Follishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416462374358384279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-11107826767485820142012-12-19T13:44:27.323-05:002012-12-19T13:44:27.323-05:00And don't forget, agencies claim to be in the ...And don't forget, agencies claim to be in the "relationship" business...interesting how they treat their own "family" when downsizing for whatever reason...Blogsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281912091138778583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-82421668595895376692012-12-19T09:59:09.409-05:002012-12-19T09:59:09.409-05:00@Pam: Thanks for your comment. I think you are ri...@Pam: Thanks for your comment. I think you are right; when there is a legitimate cut-back, people do understand. The golden rule should apply.View From Madison Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-34684051173382274852012-12-19T09:28:43.524-05:002012-12-19T09:28:43.524-05:00I agree that it's awful, and unnecessary. I re...I agree that it's awful, and unnecessary. I really don't think it has to be so cold and heartless. It's quite cowardly and short-sighted of the company. As you said, why not end on a nicer note. I think people understand layoffs and cutbacks, and a little kindness would go a long way.pam claughtonhttp://www.customsearchgroup.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-26041598208367160312012-12-19T05:15:35.176-05:002012-12-19T05:15:35.176-05:00@Alicia: I have even heard of people being dismiss...@Alicia: I have even heard of people being dismissed by email. It is a sad state of affairs.View From Madison Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-38241634965304311512012-12-18T22:12:18.226-05:002012-12-18T22:12:18.226-05:00Paul, I couldn't agree with you more! However,...Paul, I couldn't agree with you more! However, industries like ours have been practicing what I've called for the last decade plus "the new mean." Supposedly ruled by the "policies" Rachel mentions above and other "out of (their) hands" reasons. I've watched tearful (or worse) exits by my share of colleagues, always thinking there was a more humane and aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487980312987396550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-76339035769172022652012-12-18T18:44:44.904-05:002012-12-18T18:44:44.904-05:00I have always told my daughters, both very success...I have always told my daughters, both very successful execs in Fortune 50 media entertainment companies, "Expect nothing from people and you will almost invariably get." Perhaps a cynical point of view for a father to share, but part of my job is to help protect them from or at least prepare them for the disappoints in life that they will inevitably experience from the failings of Bill Crandallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-85149997959591794462012-12-18T17:31:04.983-05:002012-12-18T17:31:04.983-05:00I don't understand this kind of company policy...I don't understand this kind of company policy. It stinks. Someone told me that it has to do with legal, but I doubt it. I honestly believe that most CEO's have no idea because in a number of instances where people were told to clear out immediately, the CEO's interceded and were able to make it nicer.<br /><br />Someday we will trade stories because I had one just like yours. View From Madison Avenuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133010500698814644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8575334444752638591.post-76651933693160413852012-12-18T17:27:29.860-05:002012-12-18T17:27:29.860-05:00Boy, are you spot on. I had an amazing personal an...Boy, are you spot on. I had an amazing personal and professional relationship with a colleague whom I hired and who worked for me for about 3 years. She wanted to give less time for more money, and it didn't work for us, but to the last day I appreciated her enormously. But the corporate HR people said she had to go immediately - clear out her desk like a thief in the night. She didn't Rachel Gellerhttp://www.liminalresearch.comnoreply@blogger.com