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Search results for "corporate downsizing" ...
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The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences
Layoffs have become a fact of American life. When faced with financial issues, companies simply cut workforce, to the tune of at least 30 million adult, full-time workers having been laid off since the early 1980s. But what is the psychological effect, not only of periods of unemployment, but also of the layoff itself? Author Louis Uchitelle examines the damage to self esteem and mental health such situations cause to their victims.
Tags: Layoffs; corporate downsizing; mental health, unemployment; low self-esteem
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Making a Killing: The Business of War
This 11-part series by the International Consortium of International Journalists and the Center of Public Integrity examines the "economic conflict in the post-Cold War era and those who profit from it. Individual stories looked at how, amid the military downsizing and increasing number of small conflicts that followed the end of the Cold War, governments are turning increasingly to private military companies -- a newly coined euphemism for mercenaries -- to intervene on their behalf in war zones around the globe. Often, these companies work as proxies for national or corporate interests, whose involvement is buried under layers of secrecy. ICIJ also found that a handful of individuals and companies with connections to governments, multinational corporations, and sometimes criminal syndicates, in Europe, the Middle East and the United States, profited from these wars.Entrepreneurs selling arms and companies drilling and mining in unstable regions have prolonged the conflicts, in which up to 10 million people have died. "
Tags: Cold War; mercenaries; business; corporate interests; Middle East; Europe; war; conflict; death; military; ONLINE; cd; irewar03
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White-collar blues
Fortune reports on increasing job cuts in different industries. The story reveals that, in "the unemployemnt flu of 2001," many of the people losing their jobs are white-collar, college educated and upper middle class. Profiles of some of the new unemployed trendsetters, who lost their jobs with WorldCom, are featured in the article. It also includes layoff statistics for different sectors and big corporations, as well as advice to white-collar unemployed on how to cope with the change and to find new jobs.
Tags: Internet; dot-com; labor; free agency; WorldCom; economy; market; stocks and bonds; downsizing; management; retraining
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After the layoff
The Chicago Tribune looks at the aftermath of a massive layoff at Sears, Roebuck and Co. Sears killed its legendary catalog and announced the closing of 230 stores, eliminating 50,000 jobs.
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This article discusses the downsizing of corporations and its effects on both the employees as well as the top executives. Through laying off workers in large numbers, CEO's are able to increase their own salaries. This process is widespread among many large corporations although some have begun programs to eliminate this problem.
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This article discusses the abrupt downsizing of Scott Paper Corporation. The corporation went through rapid changes and was sold to an industry rival Kimberly-Clark. Across the Board looks at the effects of the 11,000 workers who were laid off as well as on the corporation.
Tags: Cassel Employees 6 pgs.
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Business Week takes an inside look at the process and pain of corporate downsizing; takes an in-depth look at one instance of downsizing from the point of view of the executive in charge, a downsizing consultant, an employee who was laid off and an employee who survived, May 9, 1994.