OK, I know I talked about the stupidity of Sprint and their spending while I was there, but here are examples of two more:
My brother was just laid off. He got 5 months severance. They will be paying him a paycheck - not a lump sum (which helps him taxwise for 2002). They are paying his health insurance (family coverage included) for 5 months. They are paying his life insurance for 5 months. They are providing him with 3 appointments with a professional career counselor. Why the HECK aren't they making him work at least SOME of this time and getting some productivity out of him??!
A good friend of mine is a flight attendant. Besides the fact that she really only works about a month a year (she's had time off for a) fertility treatments b ) adopting a baby c) giving birth to baby 1 and d) giving birth to baby 2...), she now has been offered this: For the next year, she will retain all her seniority, stock purchase ability, health (again, family coverage) and life insurance, free flying and buddy passes, AND she gets paid for her 4 weeks vacation time - as long as she doesn't fly and get paid for flying.......! R-n forbid they should actually lay anyone off.
It boggles the mind.