Last Drill
In a large multinational company..... .........
A fire alarm rang at 4 PM in a large office when almost all employees
were in office (approx 5000). As usual the entire office was
evacuated within 3 mins & all employees gathered outside the office
in the designated area waiting for further announcement.
The Security Officer in charge made the following announcement: "Dear
employees - with sincere regret I have been asked to announce that
for many of you it will be your last evacuation drill. Due to the
recession the company is laying off almost 50% of its employees. So
when this announcement finishes, I ask all of you to move back into
the building and if your swipe card does not work then it means you
have been laid off in which case you will not be allowed inside and
all your belongings will be couriered to you by tomorrow.
The Company has used this innovative approach as we didn't want to
fill up the email box with lay-off mails and good bye mails in
thousands & also to avoid any fight inside the office and the
consequent security issue for all staff.
Hope you have had a rewarding career with us and all the best ahead.
A fire alarm rang at 4 PM in a large office when almost all employees
were in office (approx 5000). As usual the entire office was
evacuated within 3 mins & all employees gathered outside the office
in the designated area waiting for further announcement.
The Security Officer in charge made the following announcement: "Dear
employees - with sincere regret I have been asked to announce that
for many of you it will be your last evacuation drill. Due to the
recession the company is laying off almost 50% of its employees. So
when this announcement finishes, I ask all of you to move back into
the building and if your swipe card does not work then it means you
have been laid off in which case you will not be allowed inside and
all your belongings will be couriered to you by tomorrow.
The Company has used this innovative approach as we didn't want to
fill up the email box with lay-off mails and good bye mails in
thousands & also to avoid any fight inside the office and the
consequent security issue for all staff.
Hope you have had a rewarding career with us and all the best ahead.
Please move back in & try your luck".
What's your opinion on this??
