Comments on: Those Who Are About to Be RIF'd, We Salute You http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/10/20/those-who-are-about-to-be-rifd-we-salute-you/ Know More HR. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Alex J. Avriette http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/10/20/those-who-are-about-to-be-rifd-we-salute-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2873 Alex J. Avriette Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:33:10 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=1043#comment-2873 That last bit really makes me curious:<br><br><i>We need to work extra hard for those those who are leaving and pay special attention to those left behind.</i><br><br>exactly how hard does HR work, in general, on the psychological well-being of its workforce? It's been my understanding over the years that there isn't even a concept of how "healthy" a workforce is; rather, the question is one of adherence, team-playership, and so on.<br><br>I'd love to see extra attention paid to those who don't get laid off, but I've yet to see it actually happen. Maybe this time around the hit is hard enough that it will shake some of the lint out of the heads of these people. Hopefully it doesn't take people losing it in the workplace (I suspect this will happen in the next 18 mos or so). That last bit really makes me curious:

We need to work extra hard for those those who are leaving and pay special attention to those left behind.

exactly how hard does HR work, in general, on the psychological well-being of its workforce? It's been my understanding over the years that there isn't even a concept of how “healthy” a workforce is; rather, the question is one of adherence, team-playership, and so on.

I'd love to see extra attention paid to those who don't get laid off, but I've yet to see it actually happen. Maybe this time around the hit is hard enough that it will shake some of the lint out of the heads of these people. Hopefully it doesn't take people losing it in the workplace (I suspect this will happen in the next 18 mos or so).

]]> By: RIFs have Started: Yahoo is First : KnowHR Blog http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/10/20/those-who-are-about-to-be-rifd-we-salute-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2872 RIFs have Started: Yahoo is First : KnowHR Blog Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:38:13 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=1043#comment-2872 [...] this is going to get all too familiar over the coming year. Yesterday, Yahoo led the way to RIFville with an announcement that they would be laying off 10% of [...] [...] this is going to get all too familiar over the coming year. Yesterday, Yahoo led the way to RIFville with an announcement that they would be laying off 10% of [...]

]]> By: Ron Ulrici http://www.knowhr.com/blog/2008/10/20/those-who-are-about-to-be-rifd-we-salute-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2871 Ron Ulrici Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:55:56 +0000 http://www.knowhr.com/blog/?p=1043#comment-2871 There is definitely something good to be said about that. Sometimes, we have to be pushed off the wheel in our hamster cage to find out what we really should be doing in life. <br><br>However, I do wish that Ellen's comment wasn't "normal." I would prefer this one: "Normal is jumping out of bed in the morning so we can get to the job that we love and we even get paid for it too!" There is definitely something good to be said about that. Sometimes, we have to be pushed off the wheel in our hamster cage to find out what we really should be doing in life.

However, I do wish that Ellen's comment wasn't “normal.” I would prefer this one: “Normal is jumping out of bed in the morning so we can get to the job that we love and we even get paid for it too!”

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