Good to Crap

My sweet boyfriend was laid off yesterday. Stupid company is being run by an Al Dunlap wannabe, and him and his executive team are running the company into the ground. You wouldn't believe how many excellent employees have either been laid off or quit over the last 18 months. Nothing to do with performance - just need to hit profitability numbers so it's easiest to lay off those who make a reasonable amount. And as it stands now, it's easier to list the existing employees who aren't looking for jobs than those that are. Talk about changing a company from good to crap.

From a completely objective, non-emotional view, the easiest way to describe the executive team is to say they do everything we teach our clients NOT to do.

The Director of HR actually sent out a companywide email announcing the fact that Brian, "...has left the firm to pursue other opportunities." Both him and I have received a flood of nice calls/emails/IM's and several people have stated that it looked like she took the email out of "HR for Dummies." Seriously, the woman is the biggest idiot.* I'll bet she's even surprised employees are quickly learning he was laid off and didn't quit voluntarily...as if the employees, our friends, don't gossip like a bunch of women at a quilting bee.

I hate that a company we worked so hard to build is being destroyed.



*Note: For those still in the company, the opinions expressed here are my own and not necessarily those of my boyfriend.