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ahead of the crowd.
■ FIRE THE STAFF
Some companies today are taking their people through an exercise
that can be quite traumatic to their employees. They call everyone
together, and then they fire the entire staff.They announce that they
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are going to be rehiring someone for each job, and that each person
can reapply for their job as though they were outside contractors
presenting a proposal.
This proposal for their jobs would include a description of what
they intend to do, how they intend to do it, how much they would
charge for their work, and how much the company would gain or
save by paying them the salaries they are requesting for what they
are proposing to do.