I recently heard about friends partner who was made redundant.
Well tough times economically - not a huge shock. Indeed my wife is about to be made redundant!
However the ethics behind the two stories are what irks.
My friends partner worked for a food distribution company that had a unique product line. As the sales person for the company she negotiated what she thought was a great deal with a supermarket brand to supply the chain exclusively and not seek any other retailers and to fully implement the launch to the supermarket in terms of point of sale and staff training.
Well most sales people would take that. Job done.
The next move however was just shocking. The supermarket contacted the manufacturer itself and negotiated to cut out the distributor completely.
The small distributor had to close down and all the staff were made redundant.
Was that really necessary? Just so that a can of beans can be 2c cheaper?
What are the real knock on effects to those employees that are now out on the street?
Just more reasons to avoid the large supermarkets for me...
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