As the world faces economic uncertainty especially after the Covid 19 pandemic, many businesses have been forced to shut down, some opting to retrench their human resource to save on the cost of running the business.
The International news network (CNN) is the latest employer to lay off hundreds of employees on what the network described as the “the deepest cuts to the organization in years.”
Colleagues from the media industry have come out in solidarity with their affected journalists asking them not to lose hope as better opportunities are yet to open up.
Zain Verjee, a former CNN employee, encouraged the sacked staff to remain focused saying it will be a hard period in their life but they will go up again.
“To anyone who has been laid off at CNN, a great new life awaits you. It may not feel like it, but it’s there. Please reach out to me if I can be of any help, talk, vent, and intros, whatever or if you want to just decompress with a road trip to Kenya, I will be your travel agent,” she wrote on her social media page.
She added that since leaving CNN, she has learned, what goes up must come down. “Years later, I see that what goes down, also comes back up. It will be a journey in reinvention. It will be hard, but your CNN family will be there for you. Those bonds are unique. Be gentle on yourself. Take a walk in nature. Take a break. Big love.”
Many media house in the world are facing tough times, this has forced them to send some of their staff home in decisions designed to strengthen the core of their businesses, adding that media industry is affected by the brutal economic headwinds that have taken.
