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<blockquote data-quote="TheYeti1775" data-source="post: 5359632" data-attributes="member: 20914"><p>Talking about the business policy basing it off past history - not tasteless.</p><p>Laying odds on specific employees - tasteless.</p><p></p><p>That pretty much sums it up.</p><p></p><p>Really though, it's speculation that has merit. Past history has shown us that WotC does this quite regularly in their business plan.</p><p>I live in a 'right to work' state. They could literally come up to my desk right now and tell me I'm done. That is it.</p><p>No hard feelings, I've been sitting at the same desk for 4+ years now.</p><p>I move on find another job.</p><p>The thing is I've prepared myself for the day it happens.</p><p>That is what any one working a job where they are not the boss of themself should be doing/or have done.</p><p></p><p>In an industry as violiatile as the RPG industry (especially in WotC's history) each of the employees should be prepared for it.</p><p></p><p>The OP makes good points about the product line focus and changes that have happened recently. It has direct bearing on the bottom line at WotC. If some accountant at WotC or Hasbro goes we can raise our stock value by fifty cents by laying off Bob the Game Designer whose line has ended, that is what they will do. Don't kid ourselves otherwise.</p><p>Remember our old arguement that Gamers in general don't make good Store Owners for a FLGS. The same holds true as putting Gamers in Charge of companies.</p><p></p><p>It's very rare that someone doesn't know it's coming around. I've goine through two such layoffs. Each time I knew ahead of time they were possible and prepared myself accordingly.</p><p></p><p>If you disagree with a company's practice or have a complaint about their product, tell them. If you give no feed back, how in the world do you expect a company to improve to your liking?</p><p>And I'm not talking firing off a angry email either.</p><p>Type or write up a real letter (nearly a lost art nowadays).</p><p>Many companies still pay attention to those. A person hand writing something out has shown a vested interest in it whereas we could all fire off a million emails in the same about of time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheYeti1775, post: 5359632, member: 20914"] Talking about the business policy basing it off past history - not tasteless. Laying odds on specific employees - tasteless. That pretty much sums it up. Really though, it's speculation that has merit. Past history has shown us that WotC does this quite regularly in their business plan. I live in a 'right to work' state. They could literally come up to my desk right now and tell me I'm done. That is it. No hard feelings, I've been sitting at the same desk for 4+ years now. I move on find another job. The thing is I've prepared myself for the day it happens. That is what any one working a job where they are not the boss of themself should be doing/or have done. In an industry as violiatile as the RPG industry (especially in WotC's history) each of the employees should be prepared for it. The OP makes good points about the product line focus and changes that have happened recently. It has direct bearing on the bottom line at WotC. If some accountant at WotC or Hasbro goes we can raise our stock value by fifty cents by laying off Bob the Game Designer whose line has ended, that is what they will do. Don't kid ourselves otherwise. Remember our old arguement that Gamers in general don't make good Store Owners for a FLGS. The same holds true as putting Gamers in Charge of companies. It's very rare that someone doesn't know it's coming around. I've goine through two such layoffs. Each time I knew ahead of time they were possible and prepared myself accordingly. If you disagree with a company's practice or have a complaint about their product, tell them. If you give no feed back, how in the world do you expect a company to improve to your liking? And I'm not talking firing off a angry email either. Type or write up a real letter (nearly a lost art nowadays). Many companies still pay attention to those. A person hand writing something out has shown a vested interest in it whereas we could all fire off a million emails in the same about of time. [/QUOTE]
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