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To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (2293)3/30/1998 3:03:00 PM
From: Charlie Smith  Respond to of 6021
 
Paul:

<<this is the dark side of mergers. People become expendable.>>

Layoffs account for the vast majority of the productivity improvements seen in our economy, improvements which are in turn driving record levels of return on shareholder equity. You can't have one without the other. Creative destruction.

Charlie



To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (2293)3/30/1998 6:03:00 PM
From: Joanna Tsang  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 6021
 
> Joanna, this is the dark side of mergers. People become expendable.

Well, I didn't want to put it that way...but yes, you are right. That's the reason why I felt my friend was better off in the end to get laid off this company. She probably has a new job now for all I know.

-Joanna