I once knew a co-worker who
experienced employee crisis working for Comcast; one of the leading cable
industries in the United States. He was my
mentor who had a great reputation who won countless awards for his hard work. Unfortunately, he was laid off
unexpectedly. Some would say it was
politically motivated because within the corporate world some will sabotage
your good work ethic just to move ahead.
For his reputation I will name him Bob for this working assignment, this
unlikely turn of events shocked fellow co-workers. I used to explain to Bob that people within
his circle were jealous
of him, they envied his success. Little
did Bob know he never prepared himself for the worst outcome. We were both in the sales department and it
was critical to sell triple play bundles as much as possible. Bob was accused of personal conflict of
interest within the organization which claimed someone who he knew was
personally providing him with sale leads.
That same day Bob was called into the office in which the Sales Manager
gave him two
options. Either he stays
while they do an investigation to see what else transpired after they accused
him or he can be fired on the spot. Bob
was between a rock and a hard place. I
advised him to get a lawyer because this is not the first time a huge
corporation laid off a good hardworking individual who never received a
raise. There are countless Americans out
there who can relate to the same story.
For example when Enron took millions away from hard working people, the
ones who struggle financially from that crisis provided the most compelling
stories which destroyed Enron’s reputation forever. Brad Phillips also mentions, “As you might
imagine, it’s challenging for companies to appear as sympathetic as an
individual victim.” I believe if Bob
would have taken these valuable steps he could have saved his job instead of
choosing to leave the company but he was afraid he did not have a voice to
combat a huge corporation such as Comcast.
Now the person who had accused him replaced him with someone who they
gave a raise to and within six months they are training him to become a
supervisor. Do not let this happen to
you.
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