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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (61589)	1/25/2001 12:42:01 PM
From: No Mo Mo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

i think it's rather worrisome that these job cuts happen at an unprecedented speed... Just In Time Inventory <ouch>

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (61589)	1/25/2001 12:45:06 PM
From: Mark Adams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

hence the expected v bottom to the recession?

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (61589)	1/25/2001 12:46:12 PM
From: LLCF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

<in the information economy, negative feedback loops seem to develop much faster than before. > That's part of the thrust of "The coming internet depression", FWIW DAK

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (61589)	1/25/2001 1:01:20 PM
From: yard_man	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

talk about unprecedented speed -- my buddy was telling me about the layoffs at Tyco -- folks got a voice mail in the morning telling them to report to their managers -- they were given two boxes, told to turn in their badge and be out by 10:00 AM!! That's 750 people probably not counted in the LU layoffs ...

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (61589)	1/25/2001 1:11:48 PM
From: chic_hearne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

i think it's rather worrisome that these job cuts happen at an unprecedented speed...in the information economy If you recall, a few months ago I was arguing about this with a few thread members. They were taking the side that "it's different this time" and I was saying there will be TL & EV for tech workers as I was seeing the first signs of it at IBM back then. I think it will get much worse.

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (61589)	1/25/2001 1:15:41 PM
From: Cynic 2005	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

<<job cuts happen at an unprecedented speed...>> That goes well with the bulls' claim on productivity gaines! -vbg-

To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (61589)	1/25/2001 1:32:55 PM
From: Don Lloyd	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

hb - i think it's rather worrisome that these job cuts happen at an unprecedented speed...in the information economy, negative feedback loops seem to develop much faster than before. The question may be whether the feedback loop is positive or negative, and the difference is often the time delay and phase of the impact. A negative feedback loop is regulatory or correcting. A positive feedback loop is regenerative and oscillatory. Every attempt to control (or react to) the economy has an unknown and changing time delay which means that its result is often the opposite of what is intended. Regards, Don