PC Blog » Layoff the Game http://blog.personnelconcepts.com A Look at Trends and Happenings in Labor Law Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:56:07 +0000 en hourly 1 Not Quite the Pet Rock, But ‘Layoff the Game’ Fits the Times http://blog.personnelconcepts.com/2009/03/not-quite-the-pet-rock-but-layoff-the-game-fits-the-times/ http://blog.personnelconcepts.com/2009/03/not-quite-the-pet-rock-but-layoff-the-game-fits-the-times/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:53:30 +0000 Gary McCarty http://blog.personnelconcepts.com/?p=195 layoff_gameSomeone had to do it, so now we have an online game entitled Layoff to amuse ourselves with as we await our next unemployment insurance debit card refill (while applying online for nonexistent jobs).

Not only do you get to lay people off (except for the bankers), but you can merge with other banks and even obtain a federal bailout. How soooo 2008-2009!

I wonder if there’s a cage for Hank Paulsen and Tim Geithner, the executioners of Lehman Brothers, which started all this panic.

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