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To: maceng2 who wrote (294854)7/15/2006 9:31:09 AM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1578510
 
"when you look at the people picked for redundancy, there will be "x" percent good guys and "y" percent deatbeats in the subset."

Sometimes you even wind up with a larger percentage of deadbeats. They often are much better at sucking up and brown nosing so can be over-represented in the final sample...

"The cuts have to start at the top first, otherwise the company is no better off imho."

Yup. Keeping the empire builders instead of the ones that do useful work is a mistake.



To: maceng2 who wrote (294854)7/15/2006 11:30:31 AM
From: bentway  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578510
 
I've been a "victim" of four layoffs. I totally agree that more savings could have been had by trimming management, but those guys all play together and see each other all day. Branch offices are easy targets. Older, more highly compensated employees are too.

I've worked at at least one company where the layoff seemed to make business sense. Once the product line had been developed, lay off developers and hire salesmen!


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