Assisted Suicide Case Summary

Two young college graduates, obtained their first jobs at a relatively small family owned business dealing in technology. A pull factor for the two young adults was that the firm consisted of five sales people who had credited an organization with a positive moral and strong communication channels. The 2007-2008 economic recession hit and affected the small business quite heavily. Upper management decided to get rid of the clerks and reduces the salary of the sales staff to a per hour pay system, resulting in displeasure, stress and unwarranted feelings of the staff as their livelihood was now at stake, four out of five employees continued with the firm.

Issue Identification:

Firstly, lets examine the positives, both these college graduates landed a good first job straight out of college and a job that they enjoy as it is a small organization, allowing them to take full advantage when it comes to learning the tools and trades in being a good salesperson.
Secondly, unlike most people who lost their job due to the economic recession of 2007-2008, Ann and John were amongst the employees who retained their job not only at the surface level in the economy but also at face value, as they weren’t amongst the clerks who lost their jobs at D.A. Owens and Son’s Technology, Ltd. “Wages and the
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One solution would be to create an employee of the month like at other organizations. It is a good way to boost the moral of an employee who might need some motivation to see the positives even though it maybe quite hard personally and economically. A consequence of an employee of the month strategy would be that it would create competition, which may not be healthy for an organization that is quite small and tightly knit. However, in adverse times a little competition might not be bad because it will encourage the sales staff to be