An entertaining peek behind the curtain of corporate America mergers
RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 19, 2009 — With an estimated one in five corporate workers experiencing a merger or acquisition in their working life, the aftermath of receiving that dreaded pink slip is something Americans know all too well. In “Pink Slips and Parting Gifts,” author Deb Hosey White provides an intimate — and sometimes humorous — look at the human fallout of business decisions.
Ed Easton, founder of the fictional Easton Company, rules his business with American dream ideals: produce a profit yet provide fair salaries and working conditions for his dedicated employees. The businessman’s businessman, Easton treats each worker with respect and dignity and his unique business model even pulls a rural Virginian town out of decline.
Yet Easton’s successors don’t hold the same regard for the simple worker. In an attempt to expand the company in a cutthroat business environment, the new CEO sells the empire to the highest bidder without regard to management style, laying off hundreds of loyal employees and slashing benefits to retirees.
“‘Pink Slips and Parting Gifts’ is a peek behind the curtain - the joys, the pains, the absurdities, the excesses, the disbelief, and the rejection,” says Hosey White. “It is a human portrayal of how a merger affected the everyday people — not just the millionaires — whose lives and livelihoods were dependent on one corporation.”
The memorable cast of characters in the Easton Company drama includes an obsessive-compulsive germaphobe CEO, a marketing vice-president with an intense love for Elvis Presley and security guards running naked in the fountains of the headquarters.
Especially relevant in light of the recent economic climate, “Pink Slips and Parting Gifts” is the perfect read for anyone who has experienced the loss of a job due to a corporate merger or company acquisition.
Approximately 343 pages, 5 x 8
ISBN: 9781440158049
Available from http://www.iuniverse.com, http://www.barnesandnoble.com and http://www.amazon.com.
About the Author
Deb Hosey White is a management consultant and retirement coach. With more than 30 years experience working for Fortune 1000 companies, she has lived mergers and acquisitions from inside the conference rooms, cubicles and executive suites of corporate America. As a business communications specialist, she has written thousands of pages of corporate policy. No doubt those who toil inside corporate America will find her first full-length novel much more entertaining.
A long-time Baltimore-Washington area resident, Deb White now lives and writes in beautiful North Carolina with her husband David.
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