Job Fears? Don't open e-mail (ExpNewsAustin)

[katty]

cont'd at:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA100805.01B.layoffs.226c7bf4.html

Job fears? Don't open e-mail
Web Posted: 10/08/2005 12:00 AM CDT

Lisa Sandberg
Express-News Austin Bureau

AUSTIN — Employees once had to fear a tap on the shoulder or a pink slip in their mailbox.

Now, their e-mail inbox may give workers everywhere the jitters.

Opting for the efficiency of technology, the state this week sent out a mass e-mail to 2,582 Health and Human Services Commission employees alerting them they'll likely be sacked.

State officials said they would have preferred notifying each one in person, but said that method simply wasn't practical with more than 5,000 employees spread across Texas.

The planned layoffs are part of the state's massive effort to consolidate and privatize many of the commission's services.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

1. "...effort to consolidate and privatize..."

...eliminate many of the commission's services is what this means. State agencies that actually benefit the poor and needy will soon be a thing from the past. Very sad. Very cruel. Very Bush.

[katty]

2. yes, the most needy-efficient words cannot masquerade devastation