Comments on: obama should follow careerbuilder lead

By: monica

monica — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:11:51 +0000

Firstly, Pres Obama did do that. His staff, which he announced shortly after coming to office, have agreed to pay freezes. Understand that most people who work in the government do not make anywhere near private industry. So, asking these people to take paycuts is redundant. They’ve already DONE THAT! All of his top staff have taken DRAMATIC pay cuts to come on board in his administration. Plus they’ve agreed to having their pay frozen. NO raises and NO BONUSES. Are Careerbuilders executives going to get bonuses? Are they going to be flying first class? I don’t know how old you are but you need to do some research before you post on a subject you know nothing aobut.

By: JShwartz

JShwartz — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:59:31 +0000

J agrees with Hunter. How CB plans to grow while continuing to hire and promote people like Erik is a total mystery. Another few hires like Erik and CB will find themselves in this recession long after the rest of us have climbed out.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:52:23 +0000

Hunter thinks that Erik is the best salesperson of all time. Too bad he’s only sold one small deal in 15 months. Salary cuts for the high performers while people like Erik stay on the payroll and continue to underperform. This is no way to run a business. I’ve heard most of the high performers are making plans to jump ship… soon.

By: JSB

JSB — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:15:21 +0000

If Career Builder and Obama were on the same page, I dont think Career Builder would be moving their customer service department out of the USA. What a sell out. When the going gets tough, screw American workers and put more money in your pocket.Great company

By: Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:25:26 +0000

Maybe if we had less Gordon Gekko’s in this world, we wouldn’t be in this mess.

Are you drunk posting again on a Saturday night at 4:32 am Gordon? The markets aren’t open!

By: Axed

Axed — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:13:31 +0000

Anon, CB did cut staff. They may not have done it this go-round, but they wouldn’t have had to do it at all if upper management and the CEO knew what the hell they were doing. We knew the slowdown was coming in the cheap seats months before they realized it.

Instead, CB’s CEO wants to be Bono, saving Africa and chasing blond interns in a skirt.

I don’t think Obama should emulate that. We already had THAT president, and his name was Bill Clinton.

By: Gordon Gekko

Gordon Gekko — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:32:26 +0000

Salary Cuts are are like putting a band-aid on a shotgun wound,unemployment rates aren’t coming down anytime soon, and job recovery is a while away. Salary cuts demotivate high performers and encourage them to seek out other opportunities. Layoffs are better because they motivate those who remain to work harder and if done properly they can cut unnecessary fat from a company. With a sales organization like careerbuilder its pretty easy to pick out the “runts of the litter”. Those who do not hit quota or a designated metric for a specific period of time should be unceremoniously canned. In the same manner government should attempt to cut unnecessary fat from the budget coupled with increased taxes and ,here is the key, less spending moving forward. Pay cuts are desperate and if they do not work then the management team will still have to layoff workers. So this leaves remaining employees getting smaller earnings and feeling double crossed when layoffs occur despite the pay cuts. Life is full of messy, difficult decisions, laying people off is the worst dilemma any executive will ever face, but its one that must be met head on. Cutting salary is a cowards way out of a difficult situation. In life and in business, normally the hardest choice is usually the right one. Cutting staff in this downturn is essential for the health of the company. Cutting salaries only prolongs the inevitable “right sizing” that must occur for careerbuilder to move forward healthy and ready to face the changing online recruitment industry.

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:53:17 +0000

I think the depth of these statements and/or arguments may be lost on this crowd Joel, proven by the last two comments.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:05:17 +0000

Totally!

Rightly said.

By: Vomitando

Vomitando — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:55:18 +0000

I’m appalled at seeing the name Obama and careerbuilder in the same article. What this article doesn’t take into consideration is that careerbuilder management was grossly overpaid to begin with.