As the CEO of this business that employs 140 people, I have accepted the
fact that Barack Obama is our new President, and that our taxes and
government fees will now increase in a BIG way. To compensate for this
additional overhead, I figure that the clients will have to see an
increase in our fees of about 8% but since we cannot raise those prices
right now due to the dismal state of our economy, we will have to lay
off several of our employees instead. This unfortunate economic reality
has really been eating at me for a while, as we believe we are family
here and I didn’t know how to choose who will have to go. After giving
it considerable thought, this is what I did. I strolled thru our parking
lot and found 11 Obama bumper stickers on our employees’ cars and have
decided these folks will be the first to be laid off. I can’t think of
a more fair way to approach this problem. They wanted change; I gave it
to them.
If you have a better idea, let me know.
Sincerely,
Your Boss