Laid Off, and Working Harder Than Ever

Laid Off, and Working Harder Than Ever

LIKE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS who have lost their jobs, in early 2003 I suddenly found myself laid off. My employer wasn't a giant, downsizing corporation but a small book publisher. Two years earlier I'd had my photo in the business section of The New York Times, in a lead article lauding ou...

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Veröffentlicht in:Newsweek 2004-09, Vol.144 (12), p.16
1. Verfasser: Schley, Jim
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Cost control
Displaced workers
Job hunting
Layoffs
Part time employment
Unemployment
Values
Wages & salaries
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Zusammenfassung:LIKE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS who have lost their jobs, in early 2003 I suddenly found myself laid off. My employer wasn't a giant, downsizing corporation but a small book publisher. Two years earlier I'd had my photo in the business section of The New York Times, in a lead article lauding our company for exemplary "niche" publishing. Even so, after more than a decade in various management positions, I was told, "You're a fixed cost that needs to be a variable cost."
ISSN:0028-9604
1069-840X