Tom Jeffries wrote:Nice that they escorted Larry and Corrie to the door and threw them out. Same thing happened to me, after 10 years, on Ash Street and it was kind of like "why did you have to humiliate me?"
This is such a common practice in all industries these days that I'm sure that they now teach it in most university MBA programs and other Management courses.
From what I have read on the subject, you cannot predict who will create trouble if allowed to "stay in the building" after being made aware of their Layoff or Firing. The Model Employee might throw an office chair through a 22nd floor window or take the more secretive approach of programming material to air after their departure date that could see the station(s) lose their license(s), or other acts of "sabotage". A more common occurrence is the obvious or subtle effect that the soon to be departing employee can have on the rest of the employees' morale. It is hard not be bitter, at least initially, and impossible to predict how someone will react to "The News", even when you know them well.
For on-air employees, the risk goes beyond employees to listeners/viewers.
People working in the Sales area, inside or outside Broadcasting, pose an additional risk: stealing customer information for use at a competitor.