[Newspoetry] Layoff Announced

[Mike Lehman]

This is what is known in the corporate world as the "virtual" layoff. 
When you run out of everyone, except your frat buddies, to get rid of,
you can still lay off "virtual" workers in order to maintain the stock
market's faith in your stock options.
Mike

Wendy Edwards wrote:
> 
> In an effort to boost profits, Newspoetry.com announced the layoff of
> Wendy Edwards in its Urbana headquarters.  Ms. Edwards received a
> severance package consisting of several chocolate chip cookies and a free
> 'Coping With Change' class.
> 
> Edwards was appalled.  "Before this, I had no idea that I even worked for
> newspoetry.com.  This just goes to show that there's no job security any
> more.  Soon, people will be getting laid off by companies that they never
> even heard of."
> 
> The newspoetry HR manager was attending a "Building a Company Loyalty"
> seminar and was unavailable for comment.