Watch the following video BEFORE reading the assignment below.
Due to a loss in revenue caused by the COVID pandemic, corporate downsizing is needed. You have been tasked with cutting 280k off your annual budget. Each of the Functional Areas is currently overstaffed and you have narrowed your possible layoffs to 7 employees.
One employee must remain from each of the Functional Areas (Sales, Programmer, Marketing).
Name
Functional Area
Annual Salary
Sam
Sales
91k
Tina
Programmer
61k
Karen
Marketing
53k
Steve
Sales
106k
Marcus
Marketing
68k
Javid
Programmer
97k
Destiny
Sales
122k
Sam has been with the company for 41 years and is not ready to retire.
Tina has been a programmer for 9 years and is a single mother with 3 children ages 4-12. She transferred to the company last year from Ohio and is proficient in multiple programming languages.
Karen has no educational background, however, she has been with the company since it was formed 41 years ago.
Steve is one class away from his MBA and has been with the company for 12 years and was recently promoted and is being groomed as an assistant plant manager with the company.
Marcus was recently hired a year ago and has a master’s in marketing with 20 years of experience.
Javid has been a Java programmer for over 25 years and is proficient in multiple programming languages.
Destiny was a sought-after applicant and was hired last month. She has led her previous company in sales each of the past 5 years.
Draft a 1-page paper to your supervisor with your suggestions and rationale for your decision on who will be let go from the organization.
On a second page, detail any struggles that you encountered in making their decision.
