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Originally Posted by Sheridan  A toy company that lays its workers off at the start of the Christmas season...
...how utterly devoid of a soul Hasbro/Wizards must be... |
Actually, would you rather have them WORK through the holidays and then lay them off? That sounds a bit more cruel doesn't it? Almost like they used them and then let them go. I'm sure they're all getting some kind of severance or being allowed to use their saved up vacation time. At least this way they get to spend the holidays with their family/friends. That, and there is never a "good time" for a layoff. Perhaps if they kept all these people for another month or two it could result in more layoffs because of budget overruns? Keeping them around through the holidays does no one a favor. So, before you start judging and saying careless remarks....
Now that that is out of the way, I give my best wishes to those out of work this holiday season. I work in recruitment, and let me tell you, it's getting very rough out there for everybody in nearly every industry.
One more thing, I vote for no new editions of D&D. Just look at the history. Release of 2 ed(1989) followed by the
early '90s recession, 3.0(2000) came out followed by the burst of the dotcom bubble and the
last recession, and now 4th ed comes out leading to the
current economic crisis/recession. Last three recessions coincide with last three editions of D&D? Just like the drop in pirates and the increase in global warming, it can't be a coincidence. And now with the rise in piracy we're all hearing about in the news weather forecasters are saying that it's going to be a very cold, harsh winter?
Hope maybe I cheered someone up with that.
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