When it was revealed that Target would be coming to Canada, the intitial buzz was pandemonious. The prospect of cheap, quality goods in Canada was an awesome idea. Eventually it was revealed that Target would be replacing all Zellers stores across Canada. The bad news? All Zellers employees were not necessarily guaranteed a job with Target. Although they were granted interviews, they would not all be successful. What do you think, as a matter of policy? Should Target keep Zellers employees on board? Keep in mind - we are talking about thousands of employees, some of whom have worked for the better part of their lives, and they are simply being given the boot because of some corporate transaction. Legally speaking, what Target is doing is fine. But is it moral? The "yes, its moral" side of the argument would posit that Zellers employees simply aren't as quality-material as Target is looking for, and they have a brand name to maintain, so they can't afford to get stuck with lazy slackers. What do you all think? Should they keep the Zellers employees on board?
In the business world, most takeovers would involve a shedding of employees of the company being taken over. The bottom line is all that would matter. So they will wean out those they do not need, not necessarily based on quality of the worker, but based on the number that they have decided to make room for. Some stores will be closed. The employees being let go should be given some consideration, but that depends on Target's owners. It is sometimes sad what happens to people.
I think it is more of a formality and most people will be re-hired as Target employees. All of those people who have worked there for years and years? Surely they can pass a basic interview to keep their job then. They might drop some new stock boys hired in the last year, etc, but I bet the whole thing is more of something they need to do for the books for quality assurance and liability issues.
