Re: Don't get the detractors

[lapdoggy <lapdoggy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday, February 22, 2004, at 02:56  PM, Ryan W wrote:

> Then you obviously haven't been with too many
> companies.  Often, when older employees are being
> 'downsized' or their positions consolidated, they are
> asked to stay on for 6 months to a year so as to train
> the newer, cheaper employees and to maintain company
> continuity.  While some older employees, feeling they
> aren't shown enough respect, balk at this opportunity
> to make a few more dollars and maintain the level of
> proficiency they achieved in whatever department they
> are leaving and helped to create, most do stay on.

I have been with a lot of companies. Maybe just not in the same 
industry as you. I think we are talking apples and oranges here. It's 
one thing to work for a company, like my father did for 35 years, and 
suddenly be told that you've got a choice of either early retirement 
with a package or you can stick around and train the new guys. This is 
the NBA we are talking about. A "company" where in the East, the coach 
with the longest tenure is sitting on the bench in Atlanta. Who is it 
that Danny and management would want Obie to train for those last few 
months? Do you think the team would play harder for him knowing that he 
was quitting on them at the end of the season?
I'm not sure how you can say Obie would be able to keep his emotional 
investment in the team. The fact that he quit basically disqualifies 
that assessment.