ABSTRACT
Without warning, 17 workers at Middlebury College learned one morning that they had lost their jobs. College officials drove them to a building on the edge of campus and delivered them to members ofan outplacement firm. Employees could not finish their work, call their offices, or even say good-bye to co-workers. A form letter from the college's president stated that they would continue to receive benefits but only if they cooperated with the outplacement firm (Greenberg & Baron, 1993). As the result of this incident, the college president later resigned.
