LET ‘EM GO (sung to the tune of “Let It Go”)
The numbers run red on the balance sheet tonight
Not a huge profit to be seen
A quarter of losses,
And it looks like labor costs must get lean.
The shareholders are howling up a storm at the board inside
Couldn’t keep it hidden, heaven knows I tried!
Don’t clue investors in, don’t let them flee
Be the clever CEO you’re obscenely paid to be
Procrastinate, don’t innovate, compete too slow
Well now Wall Street knows!
Let ‘em go, let ‘em go
Can’t hold the pink slips back anymore
Let ‘em go, let ‘em go
Have HR show ‘em the door!
I don’t care
Who’s going away
Let the layoffs roll on,
Labor costs always bothered me anyway!
It’s funny how the numbers work in Finance,
Making every peanut wage seem big
And fear controls those remaining
Updating resumes for their next gig!
It’s time to see what I can slash
To shrink budgets and save more cash
No bonuses, no raises, nobody’s safe!
Let ‘em go, let ‘em go
Their position’s are going bye-bye
Let ‘em go, let ‘em go
No more paychecks makes ‘em cry!
Here I sit
And do what I say
Let the layoffs roll on!
My power drives company morale into the ground
My budget cuts slash spiraling costs all around
So let’s get those employees out fast
I’m never going back,
To the payroll of the past
Let ‘em go, let ‘em go
Cut ‘em loose at dawn
Let ‘em go, let ‘em go
That redundant employee’s gone!
Here I sit
Downsizing all day
Let the layoffs roll on!
Labor costs always bothered me anyway!