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Question

The change has gone more smoothly than expected, but three of your employees are having trouble adjusting. Janet, a TechFarm employee of five years, has begun skipping work at least once a week, and you caught her with the employment classifieds at her desk. Janet tells you she still wants to be a TechFarm employee but her absenteeism is beginning to worry you. She is not the only employee missing work. On three occasions, several of the employees in Janet's work area were absent the same day Janet called in sick. You know they are social friends as well as work colleagues. Janet is one of the employees most interested in the new bonus structure and benefits package. Phil is another employee who is having difficulty adjusting. Recently, three of Phil's colleagues barged into your office and asked: is it true that Synergy is going to lay off everyone but management? As far as you know, Synergy plans on keeping the TechFarm workforce intact and you told them as much. These employees confirmed that Phil was spreading that information. Phil hasn't been missing work, but his productivity has significantly reduced. He asked you last week whether or not Synergy wanted to "dump more work" on the TechFarm employees. You've also noticed that every time someone new is promoted into management or is moved to a different work team, he begins to worry about layoffs.