Comments on: Tips On Dealing With IT Equipment After Layoffs http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/11/25/tips-on-dealing-with-it-equipment-after-layoffs/ The Executive's Daily Green Briefing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:47:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: newphase75 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/11/25/tips-on-dealing-with-it-equipment-after-layoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-92397 newphase75 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:47:43 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/11/25/tips-on-dealing-with-it-equipment-after-layoffs/#comment-92397 well, it's not as simple as doing more with less people. In fact I think that technology can't replace the necessary amount of people. Companies usually aren't thinking efficiency when they lay off thousands of people, they're thinking it's a financial necessity, or they can be replaced with cheaper offshore talent, or both. We could only hope that efficiency is in mind, but even if it was then it would be a surprise to me if there was any kind of measurement of the effect on productivity, instrinsic knowledge, morale, or any other vital non-financial metric. I think these layoff rounds are bandaids. And we've moved along files and emails when former workers have moved. No one has time or patience to reference a huge bundle of someone else's materials. well, it’s not as simple as doing more with less people. In fact I think that technology can’t replace the necessary amount of people. Companies usually aren’t thinking efficiency when they lay off thousands of people, they’re thinking it’s a financial necessity, or they can be replaced with cheaper offshore talent, or both. We could only hope that efficiency is in mind, but even if it was then it would be a surprise to me if there was any kind of measurement of the effect on productivity, instrinsic knowledge, morale, or any other vital non-financial metric. I think these layoff rounds are bandaids.

And we’ve moved along files and emails when former workers have moved. No one has time or patience to reference a huge bundle of someone else’s materials.

]]> By: Benjamin Wright http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/11/25/tips-on-dealing-with-it-equipment-after-layoffs/comment-page-1/#comment-92346 Benjamin Wright Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:45:07 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2008/11/25/tips-on-dealing-with-it-equipment-after-layoffs/#comment-92346 The world is different today compared to the past (compared to even just a year ago). The constant march of technology makes it possible for a smaller work force to do virtually the same job as a larger workforce. As white collar employees are handed pink slips, an employer like a bank (Citigroup) or a brokerage may be prudent to generously retain their e-mail records. The records are a valuable asset to the employer, relating to intellectual property, project management, customer relationships and more. --Ben <a href="http://legal-beagle.typepad.com/wrights_legal_beagle/2008/10/retain-e-mail-of-former-employees.html" rel="nofollow">http://legal-beagle.typepad.com/wrights_legal_beagle/2008/10/retain-e-mail-of-former-employees.html</a> The world is different today compared to the past (compared to even just a year ago). The constant march of technology makes it possible for a smaller work force to do virtually the same job as a larger workforce. As white collar employees are handed pink slips, an employer like a bank (Citigroup) or a brokerage may be prudent to generously retain their e-mail records. The records are a valuable asset to the employer, relating to intellectual property, project management, customer relationships and more. –Ben http://legal-beagle.typepad.com/wrights_legal_beagle/2008/10/retain-e-mail-of-former-employees.html

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