| From: | TopCat <topcat@******.net> |
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| Subject: | Re: Downsizing |
| Date: | Sun, 26 May 1996 14:55:21 -0500 |
>>become liabilities. It is actually possible for one employee to be an asset
>>while another is a liability. Liabilities get nailed in downsizing.
>A very optimistic view, and one that suggests more experience of
>observing from the top than the bottom.
Yes, I do view it from a high-side perspective. But it is those people who
own the corp or run the org so it's their choices that matter. Sometimes, a
company is in so deep financially that they have to cut employees just to
stay alive (even though these cuts will often lead to inability to produce
company-wide). This is often the last breath before death. Sometimes this
last breath leads to changes which in turn lead to rehirings and renewed
production (to some degree) by the company. That isn't downsizing, that's
laying off workers. There is a difference, but it's a cloudy one unless you
look at it from the top.
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