Don C. Brunell - Paychecks beat unemployment checks

The hardest thing an employer has to do is to call someone into the office and tell them the business isn’t making enough money to keep them on. Handing a hard worker a pink slip is tough because often the boss knows the employees and their families “their kids go to school together or they attend the same church. It is a terrible choice, but one that must be made to save the business “ and the jobs of other employees.

The anguish of having to lay someone off can haunt an employer. On the other end, the hardest thing a worker endures is coming home and telling their spouse and children they lo...