According to the New York Times, Enron fired two employees in
the last two months for posting information or negative opinions
about it on Yahoo! bulletin boards. However, it now seems powerless
to stem the tide of confidential information and memorabilia being
sold or disseminated over the internet as former staff vent their
anger against the company's management.
With a current bid of $61, an Enron mug is on offer which, on
the front it says, "Who decides where to invest your money? Only
YOU". On the back, it reads, "Enron Retirement Planning - Tools and
information for your future."
Among other items for sale are Enron annual reports, letter
heads, corporate gifts, codes of ethics, employee handbooks and a
lunch-cooler bag bearing the brands of both Enron and its auditors,
Arthur Andersen. Memos from disgraced chairman Kenneth Lay are
particularly popular. One of the sales offers a 64-page collection
of the company's e-mails and memos, including e-mails sent from
Kenneth Lay to former CEO Jeffrey Skilling on "values of respect,
integrity, communication and excellence in the workplace."
One former Enron employee has created a site at LaydOff.com
which has to date sold almost 500 T-shirts with messages such as "I
got Lay'd by Enron" and "Hey dude, let's do some shredding." The
site's creator, John Allario, worked with Enron for more than six
years. Like many Enron employees, his pension plan was tied to the
company's stock. It fell from a value of $108,000 to less than
$500.
