Main Street

The bottom line

by Claire Pengelly—Pennsylvania

I talked to a man tonight who had just been informed last week that he was being laid off from his job. He worked for human resources at a major bookstore chain. He had been working there for six years and was told that before he was to be terminated, he had to train other people to do different parts of his job. Of course, this was in the interest of the company saving money on his salary and benefits. The bottom line was that money was his employers cared about!

Tags: Jobs, layoffs