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To: gpowell who wrote (28813)	8/3/2001 9:15:05 PM
From: Educator	Respond to of 29970

"Layoffs: First round: dead beats and troublemakers. Second round: duplicate employees. merge job duties – cut some more. Third round: cut at the margins of the business – core still intact. Fourth round: cut from scaled back or discontinued operations. Fifth round: management sycophants - first positive impact on operations. Iterate back to 4 until business fails, is sold, or becomes profitable." Hi gpowell, I got a chuckle over your five rounds of layoffs. That was pretty good. I especially liked round one. I think you deserve to have it posted on one of the Net publications. Are any of them still in business? Thank goodness there is a need for school teachers. There aren't too many standing in line to be in a room with 25-30 eleven year-olds (especially after a morning of physical education). Anyone working for Excite@Home should have seen layoffs coming. I can't imagine it would be a shock to anyone. Times are tough in the dot.com world. It's kind of funny. For some reason I have to check out this board from time-to-time. It's like I'm a recovering alcoholic and need an occasional swig out of the ole jug. I do miss your posts, gpowell. You are one smart cookie with amazing insight...especially in the technical arena. I certainly don't want to play you in game of Trivial Pursuit. I'll wrestle you instead, unless the "g" stands for Gertrude. If that's the case, we'll just have a bake off. Let me forewarn you...I'm wicked in the kitchen, so look out. Enjoy your weekend. Ed