How much political correctness is necessary?
Today’s rant has less to do with my expertise as a REALTOR® and more to do with plain common sense. Here’s an excerpt from a newspaper article I recently read: “Trying to take the sting out of the recession, employers shy away from the word ‘layoff.’ The alternatives: smartsizing, decruitment, involuntary attrition, employee simplification, corporate outplacing, negative employee retention and career-change opportunity. Last year, Nokia Siemens Networks announced a ‘synergy-related head count restructuring.’”
Let’s get real! Is this proliferation of euphemisms really necessary? Why can’t companies just do as Donald Trump does so famously and tell people, “You’re fired!?” Frankly, I think Donald’s way is more dignified for both parties. Perhaps if companies invested more time and energy improving their products and services and less of it thinking up clever ways to tell people they’re fired, the bottom line would improve and more people could be retained. Just a thought.
Bob Dohn
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
140-A S. Roselle Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60193
Direct phone: 847-301-3126
Web: www.BobDohn.com
Let’s get real! Is this proliferation of euphemisms really necessary? Why can’t companies just do as Donald Trump does so famously and tell people, “You’re fired!?” Frankly, I think Donald’s way is more dignified for both parties. Perhaps if companies invested more time and energy improving their products and services and less of it thinking up clever ways to tell people they’re fired, the bottom line would improve and more people could be retained. Just a thought.
Bob Dohn
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
140-A S. Roselle Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60193
Direct phone: 847-301-3126
Web: www.BobDohn.com
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