So a huge topic for discussion over the last 24 hours, both at home and at the workplace, has been the layoffs of around 1900 employees of Jet Airways. The media went beserk, the blogosphere was buzzing, and Raj Thakeray, of all people, started making his wonderful pronouncements.
My thing was, yes, times are bad. Yes, layoffs are happening all around us; I know quite a few people who don't know if they'll be employed next week. But to do it in such a clinical and cold-blooded manner, and to go on the record with saying this is for the economic benefit of the company, leaves a dreadful taste in the mouth.
However, just minutes ago, Naresh Goyal has announced that all 1900 employees are being taken back. And the blogosphere is buzzing already.
I'm wondering why these airlines do everything at midnight. They meet to discuss alliances late at night, they announce reinstatements at midnight... it's like they're trying to ensure they miss the next day's nespapers and that people forget about it by the day after that. In this country? With the news channels we have? Not happening.
Ok, so that's the first post for this blog, and it's not the one I planned. Neither is it exactly on the job. But it's rambling. So we got one thing right.
My thing was, yes, times are bad. Yes, layoffs are happening all around us; I know quite a few people who don't know if they'll be employed next week. But to do it in such a clinical and cold-blooded manner, and to go on the record with saying this is for the economic benefit of the company, leaves a dreadful taste in the mouth.
“As painful as it may be for every single person affected, this adjustment was inevitable in the greater interest of regaining viability of Jet Airways and to securing its economic health,” said CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer.
However, just minutes ago, Naresh Goyal has announced that all 1900 employees are being taken back. And the blogosphere is buzzing already.
I'm wondering why these airlines do everything at midnight. They meet to discuss alliances late at night, they announce reinstatements at midnight... it's like they're trying to ensure they miss the next day's nespapers and that people forget about it by the day after that. In this country? With the news channels we have? Not happening.
Ok, so that's the first post for this blog, and it's not the one I planned. Neither is it exactly on the job. But it's rambling. So we got one thing right.
2 comments:
It's on A job though.
I don't know if that's happening in India too and it doesn't really apply to airlines, but here, people are usually being laid off not because the company's broke, but because it's moving abroad, where everything's cheaper. Good for the people in whatever country they're hiring workers I guess.
Everyone's being laid off. Here Fairfax and Telstra let a few thousand people go. The journalists for the Age went on strike. Not encouraging this sorta stuff.
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