AppingoJim, staff
Publisher Fires Landlord. Staff Rejoices.
By AppingoJim, staff
BOSTON, MA — A trade publisher fired her landlord today.
In a move to save jobs and re-invigorate a 47-year old division of a larger trade publisher, the division leader made the bold decision to fire her landlord, save some jobs, and set her staff up to work from home.
“Even in a good economic climate, I think this decision makes a lot of sense,” the executive explained. “Since we started using Appingo, our staff has been working remotely quite a bit. And we’ve been even MORE effective and efficient doing so. The decision wasn’t really that difficult—we’ll save over 11% of our expenses by doing this.”
Admittedly, the publisher was nervous to announce the decision to her staff of 27. “I thought they’d be really upset. I thought they liked coming into the office. Boy was I wrong!”
Upon hearing the news, instead of protesting, the staff cheered the decision and broke out into a genuine round of applause.
“Upset? Are you kidding me?” offered one giddy compositor while wiping cupcake frosting from his cheek. “I waste over 2 hours a day commuting here. I’ll save $70 a week in gas. This is great news.”
The party continued throughout the rest of the day with the staff cleaning out their filing cabinets and planning a group IKEA trip for new home office furniture.
Meanwhile, the leading executive continued her work. “This is the most fun I’ve ever had doing layoffs,” she said. “Today I fired the landlord, the electric company, our fancy phone vendor, and the Poland Springs guy! Although, we like the Poland Springs guy… oh well, he’ll survive.”
Near the end of the day, the entire staff took part in tearing down all the adjoining cubicle walls.
“Now I know how the East Germans must have felt,” one production manager rejoiced. “This is great!”
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