Companies decide to lay off workers

I chose an article that talks about companies laying off employees. The cell phone companies Nokia and Sprint are planning on laying off workers. Nokia announced in early January that they will lay off 2,300 workers from their plant in Germany. It was also reported in January that Sprint is planning on laying off a considerable amount of people from their plants as well. With the increase in competition between cell phone companies the companies felt that they needed to make lay off’s. Sprint also has a need to lay off some of its workers as they are planning to relocate their headquarters to Kansas. It was also noted in the article that Sprint laid off 5,000 employees last year, but an explanation as to why was not included.

In Roger and Me GM decided to lay off an extreme amount of 30,000 of their employees. Roger Smith’s reason for laying all of these employee’s was to save money for the company, but GM was currently one of the most profitable companies. It appeared that Roger was a very greedy man and just wanted way to make even more money. The lay off’s of the 30,000 GM workers did not only have a big impact on the workers themselves but also their families and the town. Roger Smith showed no compassion what so ever for the workers that he laid off.

The Sprint company has reason to lay off their employee’s as they are relocating their headquarters, where a good amount of their workers are employed. Both Nokia and Sprint laid off workers due to the increase of competition within the cell phone industry, which will help create more profit for the company. Both the cell phone companies are laying off a good amount of workers, but nowhere near 30,000 workers. The cell phone companies had logical explanations for laying off their workers, but Roger Smith did not.

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