Does APOL cut staffing to avoid media attention about "mass layoffs"? Or is there another reason? I have heard that staffing cuts are sometimes considered positive signals by stockholders. Could it also be that UoP needs to have cuts each quarter to signal to their stockholders that they mean business? Also, are the cuts made on Fridays to avoid media attention?
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It's doubtful as most make above average money. The economy is still rocky and no one wants to lose her job. I no longer work there and I feel so much better about myself. Executive management encourage their underlings to behave unethically in pursuit of numbers. People need to tell their story to the DoE and HLC.
@Anonymous59551, are UoP workers interested in organizing?
They pick off people here and there, almost weekly. I worked in HR and the sickening things they do to their employees should be prosecuted. Management have no sense of decency.
Yes they do the layoffs in trickles because last time they had a mass layoff their stock plummeted. They also switch people's teams and divisions and then lay off after the move so that previous teams don't notice so employee's only find out about them if they know someone that was let go. They've used this strategy for the last couple of years. As far as the days go they've done layoffs Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays so I guess they don't really have a strategy for when it's done.