rwilson99 said:
Assign them where... to the hockey stick division?
When a company is largely dependent on merchandise sales, in an industry where such sales are down 80%, they need to layoff employees.
Let me guess, you feel that if NHL management were reasonable, hockey would be back in no time.
Read the whole thread. I already admitted that transferring was out of the question. As for your "guess", go to hell. I am a management graduate, I fully grasp the options that are availiable to a company that is facing steep losses. All I suggested was that there could have been something else done, especially considering that the losses are virtually guaranteed to be made up in a relatively short period of time. Hell, I even admitted that it was probably unreasonable and that my opinion was based on little but a gut feeling, that I knew little about their actual business, so it should be taken with a grain of salt. Are you so fixated on cheering for your side in this whole labor conflict that you can't take a loose observation for what its worth?
And yes, one possibility would be to reassign them to the hockey stick division, since the deals Sherwood has with the NHL might pale in comparison to the deals they have in the minors and in minor hockey, losses may not be as steep or even existent, and room may be able to be found for 20 employees there, especially for a short period of time. Of course, AS HAS ALREADY BEEN ADMITTED, if its in another city town or for many other reasons, the employees may prefer to be laid off and collect EI.
So as you can see, we were having a nice little civil discussion before you came in with your presumptions and your sarcasm. For the record, I am not on the players side. I'm with neither side given their lack of true negotiation.
Read an entire thread before you start taking shots at someone. Your smart-assedness might make me you feel pretty good about yourself, but it also makes you look like a jerk, and worse yet since that could very well be the truth (hey, I don't know, I'm just throwing the options out there), you send the previously civil thread on a steep slope to lockdown.