Obviously it's never easy to let
go of staff.
The studio apparently halted pre-production and let
go of some staff as the film's budget reached an eye - watering $ 160 million.
The reality was something different, however, and when the market actually rose instead, Ray lost so much of his own and client's capital that he was forced to let
go all of his staff, and had to borrow $ 4,000 from his father to simply pay his household bills.
Not exact matches
The best piece
of management advice I received was from someone who let
go of his entire
staff because they were good but not great.
Tesla (TSLA), aiming to meet lofty sales goals,
went on a hiring spree (and eventually amassed a
staff of 600 people), opened stores and service centers, and began an aggressive rollout
of its network
of free fast - charging stations known as superchargers.
Regular communications with your
staff, informing them
of both good news and how the company is reacting to challenges will
go a long way toward making employees feel like you trust them and that they're unlikely to be hit with unpleasant surprises.
Most entrepreneurs dream
of a
staff that puts in long hours, devises creative ideas, and generally
goes above and beyond their job descriptions.
Although he did not get the nod as the Department
of Homeland Security secretary, a position for which he interviewed, incoming White House Chief
of Staff Reince Priebus told WTMJ «we definitely» want Clarke to be involved «in the administration at some level» and that he is «
going to have opportunities» to serve in the Trump White House.
The White House chief
of staff, John Kelly, also said on Thursday that US officials had «arrangements to transport them back to the United States, or to Canada, anywhere they wanted to
go.»
It also shows clients, potential investors and
staff members that you're driven to succeed and your beautiful, well lit, centrally located office space is a barometer
of just how far you're
going to take the business.
«They do not have enough
staff to
go through the thousands
of cases they have.»
Go to any
of our trucks or restaurants and ask our
staff to turn around and you'll likely see «Family First» written on their back.
In less than a year, Weiss
went from hashing out the formulas for each product with a team
of 15 to banking revenue in the multiple millions (she declined to be more specific) and managing a
staff of 30.
Legere even claims that store
staff love their uniforms: «One
of the most satisfying moments you can witness any day at 8 p.m. in any city in America, which is,
go watch the lights
go out at a Verizon store.
«It's a place for
staff to
go and release a little bit
of stress, continue the work conversation and build camaraderie,» says CEO Sanjay Malaviya, taking a sip
of his first beer
of the day at 4:30 on a recent afternoon.
A quarter
of the
staff was let
go, and Koh's boss cut her pay.
Michael Brand, CEO
of Dor, a foot traffic analytics provider, shares, «Foot traffic is a vital layer
of information for a retailer to optimize how they
staff their store, measure marketing effectiveness and calculate their in - store conversion rate, illuminating additional insights into sales trends that would have otherwise
gone unnoticed.»
As captain, you are sort
of the
go - between connecting the players and the
staff, so I think it's important to be approachable.
For the bays where the glasses are on display, the company borrows an idea from bookstores, with shelves that often
go nearly to the ceiling and sliding ladders that
staff can use to grab hard - to - reach pairs
of glasses for the customer.
«We
go out
of our way to make sure not to describe ourselves as a hotel, because a hotel is agnostic as to what you do,» said
Staff.
According to her motion for preliminary injunction, her
staff was let
go, and she was shut out
of discussions regarding her company's fate, even though she was the brand's founder and artistic director.
«You never want a serious crisis to
go to waste,» President Obama's then chief
of staff Rahm Emanuel is reported to have said
of the 2008 meltdown
of the financial sector.
If a small business is
going to have one or two administrators and a couple
of other employees that may need access to data, MobileMe can provide total mobility for the entrepreneur and without having to invest in enterprise - grade localized servers, IT
staff and the time to implement such a system.
For a smaller
staff, the act
of properly letting
go of an employee isn't limited to a single, private conversation with the person leaving, but must also include a discussion with the remaining team members.
The next moment, maybe... meeting the
staff on a Virgin train, or
going into a Virgin Active Center and having a quick game
of tennis.
Most
of the
staff either quit or
went to work for Gaiam, leaving Hollender to rebuild Seventh Generation essentially from scratch.
Going online allows businesses to
staff flexibly; this is a better fit for the more results - driven organizations
of the future.
Bloomberg had read a draft blog post in which SoundCloud CEO Alex Ljung explained that the company was letting
go of 173
staff, and shutting down its offices in London and San Francisco (leaving only offices in New York City and Berlin) as part
of an effort to reduce costs at the company whose losses have been spiralling out
of control.
Last week we had to make some tough decisions to let
go of some
of our
staff, but we did this to ensure SoundCloud remains a strong, independent company.
Chief
of Staff Gen. David Goldfein in February said, «You're just
going to see a continual rotation
of both
of those weapons systems.»
In an early
staff meeting, when we first decided to start this project, I explained to the team that we wanted to build our tribe, because we truly believed that the world
of books was falling behind the overall virtualization that publishing and other industries were
going through.
Sen. Richard Burr, the chairman
of the Senate Intelligence Committee, subsequently turned the floor over to the attorney general, who
went on to say that he had consulted with senior Justice Department
staff prior to his testimony about what he called a «longstanding policy» regarding communications with the president.
Since launching in September
of 2012, GoldieBlox has
gone from a
staff of one to a
staff of 13.
Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama's former chief
of staff, famously said, «you never want a serious crisis to
go to waste.»
MAD also dispatches its own
staff to
go to work sites and do all the measurements themselves, instead
of relying on the contractor's
staff; that way, the order is more likely to be done correctly the first time.
Ground
staff at Berlin's two airports have
gone on strike for the second time in four days, forcing the cancellation
of hundreds
of flights.
It's long past time we kept track
of everything that's coming in from students and faculty and
staff, and everything that's
going out.»
Meanwhile, the largest slice
of the pie, $ 42.0 million (35.7 %),
goes to pay the coaches and
staff members.
«There's an ongoing lending shortfall, and we believe any effort to jump - start new businesses or franchises is
going to help the economy,» says Matthew Haller, the IFA's vice president
of public affairs and chief
of staff.
In my experience, 100 percent
of the time that I've made the decision to let chronically insensitive
staff go, it's been the right choice for the business.
Spin Master
went through a painful restructuring when sales declined in 2010 and axed 35 %
of its
staff, but has since recovered with products like Zoomer, a robotic dog, and Boomer, a robotic dinosaur.
But as Cignal grew to $ 25 million in sales — and a
staff of 140 employees — the court
went from sacred corporate cultural ground to badly needed office space.
If customers have always dealt with you in the past, and if your
staff doesn't have the training and the experience to take care
of their needs, those customers are
going to be very unhappy.
Shortly after the meeting, Claudia and Azam decided to let
go of one sales
staff member in order to redeploy funds to improve Akorbi's visibility on search engines.
As recently as last March, 3DR
went through another round
of layoffs, reducing its
staff to less than 100.
The reception area was a hive
of activity, with both guests and
staff coming and
going all the time.
In addition, if you make an effort to recruit a wide variety
of candidates — not just those who
went to the local college or who match the ethnicity
of the rest
of your
staff — your company is more likely to hire the best and the brightest in the labor market.
But it is consolidating its New Jersey operations at a new 495,000 - square - foot fulfillment center in Linden, some 15 miles away from Jersey City and Blue Apron says it has given all that
staff the option
of going to work at that facility.
Or is it a hiccup in the style
of Bill Gates who launched the Office Suite at the same time as gathering his senior
staff to obsolesce the whole technology by
going to the web....
But if you've defined your mission, vision and values and still have
staff members who refuse to comply to those critical building blocks
of your organization, it's best for you (and frankly, for them as well) to let
go and move on.