I have had it.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>Yesterday during the day, my boss told me that she was considering laying off two of my key employees during next the month. This news upset me, in more ways than one. Productivity in my department would drop, but that was the least of my concerns. What I was the most worried about was how the layoff would impact the two employees and their families. Both had recently bought new houses. Both had spouses that were unemployed. And both had a child to worry about – one, a youngster less than a year old; the other, a baby on the way. <o:p></o:p>I shared these concerns with my boss. Below is the answer that I received. I have x-ed out the names of the employees in question, but everything else is copied and pasted right from the email:<o:p></o:p>“Wow, and I dont have a house, and a kid, and $1.5M in debt to continue to pay everyone while trying to maintain all positive energy which is the only way to gain investor is to sound confident and not desparate and not ever sleep or leave the house or do anything other than continuously work on things to make this work..... and not be qualified for an IT job.... yes, I can see why your first concern is with xxxx and xxxx. I will work on trying to figure out how to shit or print money so you are no longer concerned.”<o:p></o:p>I’m mulling over how to or even if to respond…<o:p></o:p>