[Rhodes22-list] A Note From Our CEO

[Benjamin Cittadino]

Brad;

I actually held out the hope that we would agree about this post (fool that
I am). I would have thought that someone with your strong political opinions
coupled with your knowledge of the requirement of conformity in political
thought in order to have a decent job in China, would find it offensive
(indeed, un-American) for an employer to fire individuals based upon the
person they voted for. These are not political patronage jobs, they are
private sector jobs lost because the people involved chose to excercise
their First Amendment rights.  

Come on Brad, I believe you think this was a dirty, rotten thing to do, and
your response smacks more of your knee-jerk reaction to say "Black" when I
say "White" than any true agreement with the poster.  

If people could fairly be fired from a private sector job because of their
political affiliation, you would have been out of work years ago. Please
don't encourage the perpetrator of this kind of
vindictive, mean-spirited, un-democratic, nonsense. Obama hasn't done
anything yet, but prospectively appoint some of the best minds in the
country to work on this crisis.  There is no economic reason to fire ANYBODY
based upon Obama's actions to date. 


best to you;

Ben C. 

Brad Haslett-2 wrote:
> 
> Ben,
> 
> "...it doesn't really matter what's wrong with you."
> 
> It really doesn't matter if Bill (or anyone else) has 14 employees,
> 140, or 140,000. Businesses operate to make a profit and without
> profit, they benefit no one in the long run.  I know that's a
> difficult concept for some to grasp but true none-the-less.
> 
> "...poor wretches who happen to be in your employ."
> 
> Poor in what sense?  Are they locked inside the factory like the
> workers at the Triangle Waistshirt Factory fire of 1911?  This is 2008
> Ben, "poor wretches" are free to leave and find more enlightened
> employers, say the Federal Government.  Now that the economy has
> slowed down and there's an exodus for the southern border, lots of
> jobs are available in the landscaping and roofing trades - lots of
> fresh air, good exercise, and free job skill training for those who
> were slackers in school.
> 
> As for Thanksgiving, I'm thankful that our incoming President has
> discovered reality and decided to stick with the previous President's
> policies, ie, capitalize on the success in Iraq, leave the tax policy
> alone for awhile, let the "GITMO Sensitivity Training Center" remain
> in place, etc.  I'm starting to empathize with our new "Dear Leader"
> and his "struggle sessions" with former friends.  He's not the man I
> thought I knew.
> 
> As for Christmas, I hope Santa brings me an attorney who can kick the
> shit out of the one working for the miserable bastard suing me beyond
> our policy limits for an accident that our truck didn't cause (or a
> good private eye that catches him on tape with the hooker I'm thinking
> about hiring).
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:48 PM, Benjamin Cittadino
> <bigben65 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> Bill;
>>
>> So my first reaction was that your post was just a really sick attempt at
>> humor.
>>
>> Then, I thought maybe you were just bragging about what a powerful
>> big-shot
>> business man you think you are, 140 employees and all, looking for a
>> back-door way to puff up an inadequate ego at the expense of the poor
>> wretches who happen to be in your employ.
>>
>> Then, I thought, "the poor man has simply stuffed himself so full of
>> mashed
>> potatos and gravy, that he has suffered a stroke and has no idea what he
>> is
>> saynig."
>>
>> Finally I realized, it doesn't really matter what's wrong with you.
>>
>> Happy Thanksgiving, and may the Peace and Joy of the Christmas Season
>> find
>> it's way into your miserable existence.
>>
>> Ben C.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Effros wrote:
>>>
>>> As the CEO of this business that employs 140 people, I have resigned
>>> myself to the fact that Barack Obama is now our next President, and
>>> that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way.
>>>
>>> To compensate for these increases, I figure that the Clients will have
>>> to see an increase in our fees to them of about 8% but since we cannot
>>> increase our fees right now due to the dismal state of our economy, we
>>> will have to lay off six of our employees instead. This has really been
>>> eating at me for a while, as we believe we are family here and I didn't
>>> know how to choose who will have to go.
>>>
>>> So, this is what I did. I strolled through our parking lot and found 8
>>> Obama bumper stickers on our employees' cars and have decided these
>>> folks will be the first to be laid off. I can't think of a more fair way
>>> to approach this problem. These folks wanted change; I gave it to them.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you have a better idea, let me know.
>>>
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