Summary Of Bob Nardelli's Case

The first thing I see that could have been more effective with the bad news. Bob Nardelli should have done it in person, not by a letter to the employees (Cardon, 2013). Furthermore, by delivering the bad news in person it would have given the employees a chance to ask questions. For example, about the voluntary packages, the employees may have wanted to know exactly what the packages had to offer. Bob Nardelli, did not give the announcement much time to be considered for the employees. The proceeds of the voluntary layoffs were to start about a week after the employees received their letter. In this case, I would think the employees are trying to figure out what all Bob Nardelli is not telling them about the layoff (Cardon, 2013). …show more content…
Instead, he was talking about how Chrysler was being affected. I know if I had received that letter I would be wondering how my bills were going to get paid and how I was going to feed my family. All Bob Nardelli talks about is there is a voluntary package. He does not go into details about what the package contains for the employee (Cardon, 2013). I did not read much about Bob Nardelli talking about the future of Chrysler. He did mention about the near future layoffs. I think he should have been talking more about how Chrysler will rebuild the confidence stakeholders, customers, and employees. How Chrysler will be bigger and better in the future. Let the employees know there is a chance they will be called back to work in the future. Bob Nardelli, does not show goodwill for the employees. He tells them at the end of the letter “to help each other” nothing about his door being open for the employees (Cardon, 2013). With any layoff like the one Chrysler had, you should always look at the future of the company. I am sure there were many great employees laid off. If Bob Nardelli would have said something like we can talk anytime you need. These employees would have felt more