From: Robert Comer 

>Can you fire someone just because you'd previously agreed to pay them a
>sum which now you feel is excessive????

In this country you can.

>Good Lord....Maybe the Circuit city people can adopt the soviet approach
>in response "It doesn't matter how little they pay us, we will always
>work less".

That wont work, there's plenty of illegals that will work. (not that that
is a good thing)

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Bob Comer


On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:08:40 +0100, Ad
 wrote:

>http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/03/28/circuit-city_fires_3400_store_work
ers/
>
>Wow....
>
>"Circuit City is firing 3,400 store workers because it thinks it's
>paying them too much. To rub salt into the wound, it is offering the
>retail fat cats some severance and the chance to apply for their old
>jobs - at lower wages. But only 10 weeks after they have been fired.
>This company is all heart.
>
>According to Circuit City, America's second biggest electronics
>retailer, the pink slipees - about eight per cent of the company's staff
>- are earning "well above the market-based salary range for their
role".
>Remember, these are store workers we are talking about. And it will
>replace them with people at the going market rate.
>
>In further cost-cutting moves, the company today revealed its intent to
>outsource IT infrastructure operations to IBM in a $775m seven-year
>deal. IBM is taking on 50 IT peons from Circuit City, but another 80
>will lose their jobs. Circuit City expects to reduce IT costs by 16 per
>cent over the course of the contract.
>
>Wall Street marked the retailer's shares up two per cent today on the news."
>
>Can you fire someone just because you'd previously agreed to pay them a
>sum which now you feel is excessive????
>
>Good Lord....Maybe the Circuit city people can adopt the soviet approach
>in response "It doesn't matter how little they pay us, we will always
>work less".
>
>Here in the UK (& probably the EU) the comp would be hung out to dry for
>that.
>
>Adam

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