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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> expedient... The S@H person I talked to today (I was ordering anyway) didn't
> know the numbers, but we agreed it was a shame this happened just before the
> holiday season.
I have seen some critical analysis which says that it is much better to
have a lay-off several weeks before Christmas than right after. The
incident which evoked the analysis I read was the Wizzards of the Coast
layoff several years ago. Some of the points:
- If the employees know the layoff is coming before they max out the
credit cards on presents, they can plan better
- The employees will be able to relax over the holiday
> Someone put their finger on it, K8s are going to all of a sudden be a lot
> harder for US clubs to cadge. Among other downsides to this, it's small
> compared to the loss of jobs. But it may well hurt TLC in the long run as it
> impacts club recruitment and club marketing efforts to the mundanes...
One thing which contributes to reducing my worry is that the K-8s that I
saw were clearly parts from sets. Depending on exactly what will still
be done in the US, much of the K-8 material may still be there. At a
minimum, K-8s can be made up from the contents of sets which are either
retail returns, or damaged in transit. If the sets are still packaged in
the US, there will still likely be mismatches of quantities of
individual bags and boxes etc, not to mention spoilage from the packing
process (woops - ripped that bag, toss it in the nearest K-8). Remember
also that a former employee stated that the bricks which fell on the
floor of the manufacturing line went into the trash bin (for good
reason, I don't want my kids rummaging through parts on a playtable
which may have various caustic or poisonous substances, and it would be
too expensive to clean, of course in Libertopia, TLC would probably be
able to sell the sweepings [because they could do so without incurring
liability for whatever icky stuff went into the box of sweepings along
with the bricks]).
Followups to: lugnet.off-topic.debate
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