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1、Unit4Downsizing1.Thee-maillookedharmlessenough.BeattheRenaissanceAustinHotel,20minutesaway,inaboutanhour.Justanotherstupidmeeting,nodoubt.ButbythetimeDellinformationtechnologyspecialistChuckPetersonwalkedintoaroomfilledwith75ofhisco-workersandafewmanagershehadneverseenbefore,heknewwhatwa
2、sup.“Noneofthemwouldlookatus,”hesays.“Theyhadtheirbackstousortheywerelookingattheirfeet.”这封邮件看上去不足以造成伤害(email跟主题有什么关系?)。会议是在RenaissanceAustin旅馆召开的,到旅馆的距离是20分钟,会议在一个小时后召开(20minutesaway,inaboutanhourr如何理解,补全成分应该怎样?)。毫无疑问,又是一个愚蠢的会议。但是,当戴尔的信息技术专家ChuckPeterson走进房间时,他便知道即将发生什么,房间里是他的75个同事和几个他以
3、前没见过的经理。他说:没有人愿意看我们,他们背对我们或是低着头。2.Thebossesstucktotheirscript.Theeconomyisbad.Wecan’taffordtokeepyou.Sowe’renot.Handinyourbadgesonthewayout.Therewerenoindividualexplanationsforwhytheseworkers–outofaworkforceof40,000–hadbeenpicked.Themembersofthefiringsquadneverevenintroducedthemselves.It
4、wasoverineightminutes.老板们按照他们准备的讲稿读。经济不景气,我们承担不起继续雇用你们的开支。所以我们不再雇你们。出去的时候交出你们的公司证件。对于为什么从4万名员工中选择这些人,没有做单独的解释。“行刑队”成员甚至没有介绍他们自己。一切都在八分钟之内完成。(八分钟内就全部结束)3.Peterson,40,isoneof1,700full-timeDellworkerswholosttheirjobssinceFebruary,inaneconomythathasbeenshedding100,000workersamonthsincethebeg
5、inningoftheyear.LastweekWinstarCommunications,onceawirelesswonder,hungupon2,000employees–44%ofitsstaff.TiVo,SycamoreNetworksandExtremeNetworksaddedmorebodiestothetechsector’sgrowingpile.AOLTimeWarnerhasannounced2,400jobcutsinresponsetotheslowingeconomyandpressurefromWallStreet.Byweek’sen
6、dunemploymenthadhit4.3%,aslightbutominousrise.Worse,jobcreationwasdown,moreevidencethatrecessionisathand.Peterson,40岁,是自二月份以来戴尔裁掉的1700名全职员工中的一员,这是发生在年初的头一个月就已经裁员10万人这样的经济状况下的。上周,一度是无线行业中奇迹的温斯达通讯公司暂时解雇了2000名员工,占公司员工总数的44%。TiVo公司,美国光纤网络公司和极进网络公司也加入了科技界裁员大军之中。美国在线时代华纳集团宣布削减2400个工作岗位以响应缓慢的经济
7、增长和来自华尔街的压力。截止到周末,失业率已经达到4.3%,涨幅虽小(虽然很小)却是一个不详的预兆。更糟糕的是,工作机会在减少,越来越多的迹象表明经济衰退即将到来。1.Dell’scutsillustrateboththeabruptnessofthedownturnandthealmostchaoticnatureoftoday’slayoffs,evenforcompaniestryingtodoright.Dellisn’taRustBeltdinosaurorabusiness-plan-and-a-prayerdotcom.It