I’m no executive wearing suits and making important decisions that could affect the lives of hundreds or thousands of employees, or anything. Having said that, I think I have a pretty good idea of things not to do at a meeting where I’m about to announce that a lot of people will lose their jobs. This is one of them:
It’s a Telefonica suit playing Bubble Blast on a Motorola XOOM. The footage has caused outrage in Spain from employees affected by the job cuts and those sympathizing with the employees. The guy probably figured: “It has to happen anyway. A quick game of Bubble Blast can’t hurt, can it?” Yes, sir, it can.
It shows that you don’t really care about the people you’re letting go, even if you really do. If you’re going to lay someone off, at least show sympathy and concern in a time where your hands are tied either way. Layoffs happen and we get why they need to happen sometimes, but throwing fuel onto a fire that big is sure to cause an explosion.