It was announced Monday that the Indianapolis Museum of Art will be firing more than fifty employees in an effort to overhaul security and save money...
http://www.indystar.com/article/20100928/LOCAL1804/9280332/IMA-fires-more-than-50-in-security-overhaul?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Entertainment
The plan is to replace the former employees with students and security guards from IUPUI at a lower wage. The plan is estimated to save the museum approximately $600,000.
Do you agree with this plan? Given today's economy, is it more important to save as much money for the business as possible to keep the doors open, or is it more important to make sure that as many people remain employed as possible? Does it make a difference that it is a public museum and not a private business? (Due by 10/3)
It is a good plan in some ways. If a buisness is not able to keep its doors open, then what good are employees who would just get fired anyways. A company can not keep just a few people because that whould upset many former employees. This seems to be part of the reason for the mass discharges. It does not make a difference what king of museum it is. It only matters what it can do to stay open and make money. It is no good if everyone in the company is not getting posative wages.
ReplyDeleteI feel this plan could be either good or bad. It's good because it is saving a company money but they're are pretty big so why would they need to save? It's bad because the people who lost their jobs will now most likely have a hard time finding a job because not many businesses are hiring in times like these. THe plan could really go either way.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Joe. The company has to do what it takes to keep itself alive and it's doors open.
ReplyDeleteAs Wyatt said the company does need to stay open. Yet I do not agree with his bad reason. It does not go well with the first statement he made. Most know that it is tough to find jobs now, but many businesses do not look at what the employee's problems are.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the plan given that the economy is in such hard times. It is a business and it needs to keep its doors open. Thats how business is ran. Owners dont focus on which people they employ but that they cant keep money coming in and that their business thrives. There isnt a difference between a public place or a private one. With out money neither of the two could stay in business they need to make money, thats the bottom line.
ReplyDeleteWyatt has a good point that it will be hard for those who lost their jobs but the musuem has to do what it has to do to keep the doors open $600,000 is a lot of money to save.
ReplyDeleteJoe is correct also when he says that they need to keep their doors open and that if the musuem closes any way then even more people are going to be fired any way.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this plan. I think it is right to save as much money as possible. Even though so many people are out of work, now the museum will be saving more money and in today's world that is a really good thing. Because the museum will be able to remain open longer, it will allow for more jobs in the future. I don't think that it makes a difference that its a public museum because private businesses need to think smart as well. to keep their businesses open longer to make a bigger profit in the end.
ReplyDeleteI agree with wyatt when he said that the plan could go either way. He's right because so many people will be out of jobs and they'll be upset because it is really hard to find a job anywhere these days.
ReplyDeleteI agree with doug when he said that owners dont focus on which people they employ. They hire people to make their business thrive, not to give people jobs. And when giving people jobs is not the best thing for their company, they should fix the problem and save as much money as possible, especially in today's economy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kim. It does not matter if the museum is private or public. The bottom line is that it needs to make cuts in order to stay open. They really have to do whatever it takes to keep the doors open.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Doug because I also believe that the people will be layed of or fired if the museum closes. Besides, this is giving students valuble experience in a subject they may end up going into with security.
ReplyDeleteIn this situation anything to save money today is a goodt thing. With how our economy is working we need to conserve as much money as we possibly can. We can now possibly use the money we save on current issues that can help us out as a state as a whole. This would be the same on both private and public museums
ReplyDeleteDoug's response is honest because if the museum keeps hurting and losing money then they will need to close the museum anyways and rthen have to lay off and fire them.
ReplyDeleteKim is being truthful also when referring to public or private because no matter what the museum is you need to make money in order for anything to stay open. Even if it is staying nuetral makin money it can keep open but if it goes in debt then it will probably soon close so the debt won't rise to rediculous prices
ReplyDeleteI think it is wise for them to try and save money like they are. On the other hand, in this economy people need jobs. They should think about the families that will be effected by the job and not just themselves.
ReplyDeleteI agree with dougs response that it is smart to save money. i just think it a wrong time to be laying off people. The economy is huting alot of people and people need their jobs.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with joe. It is a good plan to save that much money, but i still think they could ride the ship and keep the employees while the economy is still in bad shape.
ReplyDeleteI think this another tough situation that shows the hard times of our economy. I don't think the employees should have been fired to save money. If they are struggling to keep it open because of money, they should raise entrance fees. Or, cut wages of the workers.It is more important to keep people employed. I don't understand how a security force is going to bring them in more money.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this plan because the museum is saving a lot of money and they could put that to good use. I don't really agree with firing those workers though. I would be angry if I've been working there for a long time and then I get fired with a young kid taking my place.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kim in the idea that maybe saving money will provide jobs in the future.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jack because every person in this tough economy needs a job. With this plan, you are leaving all these workers unemployed.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with the people saying that saving money is more important. If they arent getting enough money, maybe they need to sell art and/or bring in famous pieces on loan to draw more attraction.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Doug when he says the workers would of been unemployed if the museum went out of business. The museum needs to keep their doors open so that is why they are making the significant changes.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is a better to keep an entire business open than having it go down just to keep the jobs of 50 people. It still is not a good thing that people have to lose their jobs, but cutting those jobs saves the jobs of others. I also don't think that it matters if the business is private or public, they should try to save the business because that saves more jobs.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Harrison because firing those employees should not just be about saving money, but saving others jobs.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kim because she says the money saved can be used in the future for more jobs for other people.
ReplyDeleteI believe its a good plan to save money. It's sad that 50 people have to lose their jobs but the museum has to do what it's got to do to stay afloat. I believe its more important to keep the business alive rather than people employed in this current economy.
ReplyDeleteI believe that the decision to fire all of the people at the museum is wrong. They gave the position to the college kids just to receive money. The IMA is only hurting the economy more by adding to the unemployment rate. The state is trying to save their own butts buy saying they are helping college kids.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Joe when he says that If a business is not able to keep its doors open, then what good are employees who would just get fired anyways.
ReplyDeleteI agree with alex when he says that with how our economy is working we need to conserve as much money as we possibly can. We cannot worry about peoples feelings in this state of our economy.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jack, but i think that the economy could have benefited more by adding jobs for the museum not taking them away.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with Doug. A private business has the right to do whatever they want with jobs. However something ran by the state should be trying to fix unemployment problems, not business problems.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the plan because it could save the muesem money. It is wrong to fire the employees though. With todays economy it could be hard for them to find jobs.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nick because he has the same idea about conserving money.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jack about how it wrong to be laying off so many workers.
ReplyDeleteThe museum's main focus should be to keep its doors open. If it closes, then it is of no use to anyone. However, if the museum has enough money to keep the workers then it should. It is a public museum and should try to help keep people employed if at all possible.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Joe. The museum needs to take necessary steps to stay up and running.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with Fogg. It doesn't make sense to keep paying people for a job that others will do for free.
ReplyDeleteNo this plan is stupid. THey are letting go poeple who have been there a long time for college kids. we need to keep the doors open to people because we dont have the money we need. we need all the help we can get. it doesnt make a difference they are stupid for doing it.
ReplyDeletei disagree with what jacob said about fogg, we need the right people to do the work for pay and not some stupid college kids with no expirence for no pay.
ReplyDeletei kinda disagree and agree with joe because we need to keep the people who know what they are doing even though we have to pay them and we should keep them no matter what even though they may get fired because they are more trustworthy than some college kids.
ReplyDeleteThis plan makes sense from a money perspective. Why would the museum pay more more to keep the museum running if they could do it for less? Plus the hiring of the college students give them a job when in this economy are hard to find. It is more important in this economy to keep the doors open then keep long tenured employees
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nick because the museum can put that money to good use. They could put up more exhibits.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Sam when he said it was more important to keep the business open, but it wasnt a good thing when they had to cut 50 jobs.
ReplyDeleteLike many others have said it is unfortunate that the museum had to fire it's employees, however a business has to take sometimes extreme measures to keep itself up and running . Like joe said if a business needs to take the necessary steps to keep the keep the business running so be it, besides if you can keep the business running sucessfully cheaper that seems like the best option anyway.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what bradly said. It would make more sense to keep the business running at cheaper rate. Plus it allows grads to experience the work force. Basically it's taking away and creating jobs all at same time
ReplyDeleteI agree with what nick said. From a business stand point you save money who h allows you to improve the quality of your exhbits and overall the whole museum
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I think that they should not have fired everybody that had worked there. It was not fair to them. They need to save money but to fire everyone is a ridiculous way to do it. If they were public or private it should not matter as long as they can keep the place open
ReplyDeleteI disagree with jonathan. Buissness should not be dictated by the amount of money made rather than the peoples jobs who are working there.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jacob the museum should be focused on keeping the museum open but it should not be by firing all of the workers
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