This article talks about the CEO of Westgate Resorts, David
Siegel, who told his employees in an e-mail that if President Obama won the
presidential election, many of them would be laid off or the company would be
shut down entirely. In the e-mail, he
goes on to outline “a few facts that might help you decide what is in your best
interest.” He claims that because he made
good decisions he shouldn’t have to pay for people who didn’t, in essence
saying that everyone who is not as successful as him or got hit harder by the
recession simply didn’t work hard enough or made ‘wrong decisions.’ However, he is currently building the largest
new house in America while saying that if taxes were raised at all he would
have to lay off employees. I find this
highly aggravating, because if he has enough money to build a mansion, he
should be able to maintain his business.
In addition, he makes many hypocritical statements such as claiming that
“every dime I earn goes back into the company,” while conceding that he lives a
lavish lifestyle and is building a “big home.”
Beyond disagreeing with his viewpoints, I think that it is highly
unprofessional to send an email in essence telling his employees to vote for
Mitt Romney. He says that it is not
bribery and he is just trying to educate them on his situation, but it still
puts employees in a tough and uncomfortable situation.
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