Lay Off The Layoffs

Hat tip to Jan Nunley for this article, which she linked to in a Facebook post comment in response to an Episcopal Church post about the Executive Council meeting taking place in Omaha, NE. Here's a quote:

Managers also underestimate the extent to which layoffs reduce morale and increase fear in the workplace. The AMA survey found that 88 percent of the companies that had downsized said that morale had declined. That carries costs, now and in the future. When the current recession ends, the first thing lots of employees are going to do is to look for another job. In the face of management actions that signal that companies don't value employees, virtually every human-resource consulting firm reports high levels of employee disengagement and distrust of management.

Ya think?

Peace,
Jeff