What should workers do when they get laid off? In 1998 a bleak, asinine bestseller told them to find another whey.
Where to find us:
Peter's other podcast, 5-4
Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase
Sources:
Bright-Sided: How Positive Thinking Is Undermining America
Downsizing in America
Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary
The Disposable American
Spencer Johnson, ‘Who Moved My Cheese?’ Author, Dies at 78
What was the New Economy?
Boss, Employees Share Large Cheese Platter
Tarpon's big cheese has aides reading
Why doesn’t downsizing deliver?
On the Battlefields of Business, Millions of Casualties
Shareholder Value and Workforce Downsizing, 1981-2006
Long-Term Earnings Losses Due to Job Separation During the 1982 Recession
Does Employee Downsizing Really Work?
Layoffs, Top Executive Pay, and Firm Performance
Emerging Conceptions of Work, Management and the Labor Market
A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing Why Organizations Downsize
Organizational Downsizing: Constraining, Cloning, Learning
The Decline and Fall of the Conglomerate Firm in the 1980s
Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!