Hyatt suddenly lays off housekeepers

[ron_newman]

Some of the staff we all love at the Hyatt were suddenly laid off last month -- after being asked to train their replacements:

Housekeepers lose Hyatt jobs to outsourcing

When the housekeepers at the three Hyatt hotels in the Boston area were asked to train some new workers, they said they were told the trainees would be filling in during vacations.

On Aug. 31, staffers learned the full story: None of them would be making the beds and cleaning the showers any longer. All of them were losing their jobs. The trainees, it turns out, were employees of a Georgia company, Hospitality Staffing Solutions, who were replacing them that day.

Comments

[nohwhere-man.livejournal.com]

Excuse me? Choice of job v. no job? What does theft have to do with this?

[pierceheart.livejournal.com]

Did you miss the part where the poster to whom i was responding said this will likely result in more theft, and blamed the Hyatt for potential thefts?

In case you missed it, let me quote it in its entirety:

The problem with paying outsourced workers $8hr in Boston's economy is that it renders them profoundly impoverished, to the point where many might have no choice but to steal when they can just to survive and feed their families. I see all kinds of security issues ahead, and I don't put the blame on the outsourced workers. I put it on Hyatt.