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Sayer Micro World Case Study Summary

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Charles Foley has to make a decision to fire or retain Kathryn McNeil in Sayer Micro World. Kathryn McNeil is a mother of a six-year-old boy and a product manager in Sayer Micro World handling IBM products. McNeil has failed to put in more hours at work as, she is a single parent and has been struggling to strike a work life balance. Lisa Walter has been escalating on McNeil to Charles Foley, who has to make a decision soon. Employees at Sayer Micro is expected to work for more than 13-14 hours a day because of the acquisition and mergers going on with Sayer Micro World. Micro world has undergone a financial loss of more than $120million in the past five years. McNeil’s case give us an insight of the life in the retail industry teaching further

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