| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-04-01 | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 12.8 oz |
Publisher's Note
'An instructive look at what problems to anticipate and how to minimize the traumatic effects of job loss.' -Booklist
Industry Reviews
Illes, who is now the assistant director of the Faculty Center at Brigham Young University, was the human resources manager of the Signetics semiconductor plant in Orem, Utah, when its parent company decided to close the plant. She takes a look at the employee relocation and job-training programs sponsored by both the company and the city. One interesting focus of the text is Illes's look at morale as employees continued to work with the knowledge that their jobs would be eliminated. The strength of Illes's book is the instructional summary at the end of each chapter. She gives suggestions on how managers involved in future plant closings can learn from the Signetics experience. Recommended for large business collections. Joel Jones, Kansas City P.L., Mo.
Breitman
As a slice of history, docudrama and how-to manual, Sizing Down is top-notch. Illes was human resources manager at the Signetics semiconductor plant in Orem, Utah, when, in January 1992, she was notified that the plant would close at the end of the year. It became her task to assist with orchestrating the phaseout of 900 jobs, including her own. She took notes, recording the reactions of stunned workers, managers and a community faced with the loss of its fourth-largest employer. Employees began to leave for other jobs, but the plant needed to retain enough of them to maintain production and profitability through 1992. Bonuses were awarded to those who resisted competing offers and stayed on until the end. Throughout the inevitable juggling of interests, judgments had to be made, some good, some bad, says the author. This relentlessly objective history records them all, along with afterthoughts on how the situation might have been handled better. (Apr.)
Lopate
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