Entire Staff Was Laid Off By New Ownership Who Told Them to Re-Apply, But Nobody Did

Blue Published 12/26/2023 in facepalm

This company and its new owners experienced an important lesson when they laid off all of their employees in a cruel and misguided power-play. The issue was… When the time came to decide which employees they wanted to keep, no one had reapplied.

A Reddit user posted this topic to the r/antiwork subreddit. The thread is full of vigor and fury at the injustice that they suffered at the hands of the company's new owners. This is a tactic that companies loved to use when they had more leverage over employees during the long period following the 2008 financial crisis. Now, however, with unemployment low, there is no need for these employees to even reapply. This manipulative tactic has now turned into a gross miscalculation for the company.

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That's a bold move Cotton, let's see if it pays off. *Narrator Voice* it did in fact not, "pay off."
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A business is only as strong as its weakest link. Good thing this company is left linkless.
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On second thought, maybe they should re-apply only this time for double the price.
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As we said, a company is only as strong as its employees.
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1.
That's a bold move Cotton, let's see if it pays off. *Narrator Voice* it did in fact not, "pay off."
2.
A business is only as strong as its weakest link. Good thing this company is left linkless.
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On second thought, maybe they should re-apply only this time for double the price.
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As we said, a company is only as strong as its employees.
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