When reading the What about Communication? section in Chapter 14 I remembered a conversation I had with my friend in which he was talking about how one of his friends was let go by his company and there was no hint of that happening or no severance package provided. He was of the opinion that this is very common in US and companies do not show any responsibility towards their employees.
This I think is not true, most companies in US do follow reasonable procedures in handling these situations by providing some severance, helping them in finding other jobs, providing references etc., Here the roles of values of the company plays a big role in their determination of whether their behavior is ethical or not. Even though there are no rules binding them to follow a particular process, its the values of the company that determines their response.
In some situations even when Organizations want to be Socially responsible etc., they might not be able completely achieve that because of various financial and market constraints that they might be facing.
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The story of your friend is not uncommon. I have survived several lay offs but I know many people who have not. I remember a person who was 1 year away from retirement and was let go without any noticed. This person had been a model employee for over 10 years. When my friend found out he was laid off, he only had one hour to pack and leave the company. In addition, he was followed by a security guard who watched everything he did. Of course he did not have any package and his family was greatly affected.
That situation opened my eyes on many levels but it also made me wonder if the decisions on the lay off came from his immediate manager or if it came from the executive team and if so why would HR allow such things to happen. I guess it is never easy to know who is really responsible for badly implemented decisions.
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