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I like this, but prefer the original S4L1. "Lay you off" is not the same as "fire you". Say what you mean. Meter be damned. Allow a hiccup. Otherwise your slavish devotion to form begins to mirror corporation's slavish devotion to money : )
Employer/employee relations are an oil/water mix, whether it be a large corporation or a small business. Family-run businesses are a whole other animal. Human nature gets hijacked by greed and the bottom line.
There are companies out there whose business strategy is different than the one you describe. In my brief sojourn working for someone else vs. myself I had the good fortune of working for a large educational company that treated their employees with respect. That's the best you can hope for. Otherwise, one is better off working for oneself. But watch out! You may not be a very good employer : )
I don't think the Harvard Business Review would go so far as publish this poem. But a good business prof would do well to incorporate it in a lecture.
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