> "I have been loyal to the company in good times and bad times for
> over 30 years," read an anonymous note to the president of a New
> Jersey-based chemical company. "I was expecting a member of top
> management to come down from his ivory tower to face us with the
> layoff announcement, rather than sending the kitchen supervisor with
> guards to escort us off the premises like criminals. You will pay for
> your senseless behavior."
In America, the bosses must be lucky if the ex-employee doesn't return
with an Uzi or two...
> The more that victims of corporate
> greedheads hit them in their bottom lines, the more civilized the
> next round of layoffs will be. It may be a free market out there, but
> laissez-faire is a French phrase for anarchy.
With the fundamental difference that neo-liberal "laissez-faire" relies on
heavy cops and military !
> No person should be able to do such massive damage from
> their home computer, without physically entering a secure
> building and physically destroying tapes or disks --
> not even the "ex-information management systems manager".
Well, that's the kind of company that make it possible for M$-viruses to
do harm in the billions (remember that "I Love You" was the most expensive
disaster of the year 2000, environmental disasters included) -- all paid
by the customers, of course, and so even more employees have to be laid off.
(but not at M$!)
Chris
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