Employee Stress Over Economy Puts Firms’ Employee Communication Efforts to the Test

The current economic crisis presents a test for companies to reassure workers who are worried about losing their jobs and the value of their financial investments, employers say.

Lori Johnson, chief human resources officer at Bryan Cave, a St. Louis-based law firm with 1,800 employees, says she has been busy fielding calls from staffers concerned that the firm’s cost-cutting measures may put their jobs in jeopardy.