Dear Ms. Smith:
Introduction: The Problem
Mass layoffs are actual problems that affect almost every business corporation because of different reasons. Employers may consider firing as ways to improve the working process and optimizing the inner economy while others increase the level of requirements in order for the most devoted to stay, and others to give up. Reducing companies in force is a possible technique to fix the financial situation of an organization for it to remain on the business run. Layoffs are considered to have both deficiencies and benefits, which are discussed in this paper.
Body: Proposal
Cutting jobs is an easy and radical way to solve financial problem of a company. I consider salary cuts to be more effective, as when employers try this method on their subordinates, they hope to leave behind those people, who are not devoted enough to the work to have the patience to pass hard times on their working places. In the article “Salary Cuts: Ugly, But It Could Be Worse” this problem is under serious discussion: reboot can be the key to save a company. Some employees are able to work on enthusiasm for saving corporative money on improving the place they work in or to save the reputation of an organization. Of course, it is the manifestation of sacrifice, as not every worker earns so much to support his working place (qtd. in Mattioli). Firstly, the plan of actions addressed to save the economy of a corporation, should be constituted, and mass layoffs will not be the main and only solutions. Cutting salaries may improve the top of the problem. To reach the bottom of it the employers should analyze the expenditure and profits that have been achieved through the use of such a policy and then some changes have to be made. One of the deficiencies of providing mass layoffs is that it is very costly for the directors of a company, as the cost for new recruiting and training of the staff takes much money and time. Bloomberg recommends finding alternatives to layoff: exchange employers, ask for new ideas, cut out the extras and provide benefit or wage cuts (qtd. in Klein). New goals and the ways to achieve them have to be put into consideration. Such algorithm of improving the working process is the right technique to develop a company. Some people can argue that cutting salaries will only make the situation worse, as employees, if they have no incentive to work, will forget about the necessity to labor, and the indicators of the company`s capacity to operate will decrease. It is a fair argument, but it is still better to cut salaries to employees and have a little support from their side, than to stay alone with nonsensical endeavors to raise the company. Eleanor Bloxham claims that the most important deficiency of layoffs is that too many innocent people suffer because of the company`s failure in business management (qtd. in Bloxham) and I support these thoughts, as I am truly afraid of having an opportunity to be in a similar situation in future.
Conclusion: Argument
According to the information given above, the question of layoffs and cutting salaries has to be considered well with taking into account all the benefits and deficiencies of the matter. While weighing this decision, one should think about the people`s lives and the state of economy. The ideal frame of each company should be the balance of every aspect, and it requires a lot of efforts and time to reach this balance.
Sincerely,
Works Cited
Bloxham, E. “Why layoffs are for lazy corporate overseers”. Fortune. 2013. Web. 17 April 2016.
Klein, K.I. “Layoff Alternatives”. Bloomberg. 2009. Web. 17 April 2016.
Mattioli, D. “Salary Cuts: Ugly, But It Could Be Worse”. The Wall Street Journal. 2009. Web. 17 April 2016.
