workforce optimisationstandard delayeringrestructuringre-engineeringresource rationalisationdownsizingvoluntary separation Why don’t companies call a spade a spade and just say that they are laying off people, rather than attach fancy labels to such exercises? Related posts:A new kind of retrenchmentHow the ax falls, Filipino-styleTop 10 buzzwords in 2009
A colleague was so pissed off at work recently that she used expletives to describe her fellow workers. Considering she’s Chinese and probably doesn’t have a firm handle on swearing using the F-word, here’s a guide:
An organisation is like a tree full of monkeys – all on different levels, some climbing up. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothing but assholes. All the time, the monkeys on the top will get the fruits… Read More »
因为预算问题，这是新办公室…
Gan Kim Yong, Singapore’s Acting Minister for Manpower, said the new guidelines on management of excess staff will “send a clear message to employers on the need to leverage on the tripartite framework” between the government, employers and workers’ unions, so that any retrenchment can be conducted in a “responsible manner”. A sprinkling of euphemisms… Read More »
In the beginning there was the PlanAnd then came the AssumptionsAnd the Assumptions were without formAnd the Plan was completely without substanceand the darkness was upon the face of the workersand they spoke among themselves, saying“It is a crock of shit and it stinketh.”And the workers went unto their Supervisors and sayeth,“It is a pail… Read More »