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Article: New job, same company ; By redeploying workers, employers can avoid morale-sapping staff cuts
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2009
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Nancy Hobbs expected the worst when she was called to her
manager's office in November. In this economy, such meetings often
end with employees out of work.
"I had a pit in my stomach," said Hobbs, 54, of Cambridge. "I
never prayed so hard in my life."
But instead of being let go, the daytime housekeeping supervisor
at Boston's Liberty Hotel was offered a janitorial position on the
overnight shift. It was a huge relief. Hobbs's husband lost his job
as a cemetery groundskeeper more than a year ago. Without a job, she
said, "I wouldn't be able to pay my bills."
The Liberty Hotel, like other businesses, is looking for ways to
ride out the recession while minimizing the number of layoffs it
must ...