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Today many big businesses are having a difficult time with how the public views them. A huge part of the reason is that there has been so much publicity regarding the large salaries and benefits that the corporate executive officers get paid. It is bad publicity to have heads of corporations making millions of dollars when the average stock holder is getting minimal dividends. Having the salaries and fringe benefits of corporate leaders exposed through the media makes the average wage earner angry. In this day and age of many people living from pay check to pay chick news that one person is making millions of dollars is not well received.

This publicity has lead to many large corporations down sizing their mid management positions. The news that suddenly middle aged workers or people close to retirement losing their jobs does not bode well for the company either. For this reason many companies are hiring public relation firms to help improve their image and to insure that the products or services the company produces will be better received by consumers. Most companies have publicity or advertising departments, but the public relations firms are independent of the corporation and help the company understand and improve their image.

Because the public relations firm is independent from the corporation, they are freer to point out faults and to recommend areas of improvement. The consultants of the firm do not have to be concerned about losing their position if they point out things that need to be changed. Many times employees will see areas where improvements should be made, however they do not want to insult the corporate leaders for fear of losing their jobs.

Many public relations firms will provide consultations for short periods of time. They may be called in to help a company over come a crisis or to avoid a crisis. Many times they will work in conjunction with the advertising department to help develop favorable ways of changing the image the public has of the company or to shed a more positive spin on past poor publicity. The shorter the period of time the firm actually works with the corporation the more effective they are. If a firm works for too long with a company they may develop the same biases as the employees have. Getting skilled professionals that are not profiting from the goods or services of a company is a great way to have a clear picture of what needs to change or stay the same. In many ways public relations firms are a way of giving a company an unbiased report card.