Survivor.com

By Craig Cox and Utne Reader
Published on October 30, 2007

When tough times hit eezygoodies.com last year, the British Internet company decided to downsize democratically. For two months, staffers voted for their favorite layoff candidates each Friday, writes Matthew de Abaitua in The Idler (Winter 2000). Monday morning the ballots were tallied and the pink slip dispatched to the unfortunate winner. “It’s a ruthless system,” says CEO Mark Westerberg, “but it ensures those who are least essential to the ongoing success of eezygoodies.com go first.” Westerberg, incidently, retains a veto.

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