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Dubious Achievements in Employee Communication

July's "award" goes to Irish airline Aer Lingus, which produced a "discussion document," leaked to employees, that enumerated a variety of "environmental push factors" the organization could use to encourage employees to volunteer to take a package to leave the organization. According to the BBC, these "push factors"...
...included suggestions that cabin crew swap their current uniforms for jump suits and t-shirts, while pilots should be forced to attend long, tedious training courses."
I suspect that this leaked memo in its own right has served (intentionally or unintentionally) as an effective "environmental push factor."

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