Even in this economy, people are still turning down jobs

It’s a very difficult time in our society. According to Forbes.com there have been 486,639 layoffs by America’s top 500 companies. This number doesn’t even take into account the layoffs mine and, I’m sure, thousands of others. This is a good number to go off of for our purposes though. This is a big number based for America. We only have 305 million people in this country. The approximate 500 k jobs lost aren’t devastating for the entire country yet, but we are obviously teetering on the precipice of plunging into a deep dark depression.

However, even in times like these there are people who are rejecting job offers. This is unbelievable to me. Obviously people must keep their wits about them. There are reasons not to take a job offer, like it not being fair. We obviously have unemployment in this country to help those who are in a tight spot keep their head above water. However, a fair job opportunity in my opinion should be taken. It’s a strange and frightening time where it’s hard to see where the next opportunity is going to come from.

There is a man who turned down a job offer for 25 million dollars for one year and an option for 20 million for the next year. I of course am speaking about Manuel Aristides Ramírez Onelcida. This man has been offered a few job opportunities since his last contract expired in October of 2008. This is not the first offer that Mr. Ramírez has received and turned down. Reportedly he turned down a 2-year/ 45 million dollar offer right after his original contract expired having a spokesperson come out and say that he would only be willing to look at “serious offers.” After that there were at leas 2 more offers that fell in at 1 year/ 25 million and one that hit a maximum of 3 years/ 60 million.

It seems the trouble is that all these offers have been from the same Los Angeles based firm that Mr. Ramírez worked for at the end of his contract last year. Previously he had been with 2 other companies, one in Cleveland and the other in Boston. Then he finished out his contract in LA. In all three of these cities he unquestionably raised the profits and the success of every firm he went to. Mr. Ramírez is obviously very good at what he does and demands a lot of money for his services. Perhaps its my situation but I find it shocking that such a public figure as Mr. Ramírez can set such a bad example for this country. Mr. Ramírez is very good at his job but is an older gentleman for his profession and is looking for one more contract before he retires. However by turning down all of the contract offers, he is setting a terrible example. There are so many young people that are unemployed that look up to Mr. Ramírez. Whether or not he wants to be, he is a role model and is setting a terrible example. With unemployment hitting records in this country we need people like Mr. Ramírez to either accept a very fair job offer or retire and get out of the way. He has saved up plenty of money from working, and being very good, for the better part of the past 20 years. His actions now are detrimental not only to those who could use the job he is vacating and to those who work with him. In this economy it is selfish and detrimental to those companies that are involved. His recent history has shown that even though he is great at his job, his antics can detract incredibly from the production he brings to the office. It’s to the point where it affects everyone. This was clear during his last month at the Boston based company where the entire company suffered before he left and began succeeding after he left for Los Angeles.

So I urge this LA based firm to move on from Mr. Ramírez. It is obvious that he doesn’t want to come back and work with your company. There are plenty of people out there who would love to have his position with your company and you could probably get them much cheaper. It’s true that the production won’t be the same from another person, but if you look at your competition you will see that no company in your area is doing incredibly well. If you use your assets differently in another department I believe you can be very successful. Obviously Mr. Ramírez brings a lot to the table, as you saw last October, but he is now acting as though he is bigger than the company. That attitude is what makes him a liability instead of an asset. If you are in a lot of trouble to fill the position that Mr. Ramírez had last year you can have Mr. Colletti give me a call. I don’t have as much experience, but in college I did run a couple mock trials of a company like yours and I filled the role Mr. Ramirez had with your company last year. Every once in a while my friends and I get together and we pretend that we are a company just like yours. Sometimes we use slightly different equipment, and obviously our offices aren’t as nice, but we use what we have.

I also have a little experience with the role Mr. Garciaparra and Mr. Jones had with you last year. I know that they are both also no longer with your company.

c.jackson.kerouac@gmail.com

I’m just putting it out there…