| Here's just hoping the folks that have been let go received good severance packages. That makes all the difference between a brutal firing for Christmas and getting to spend the holidays with your family while making a job transition.
I'm not really shocked though. Changes need to be in place with the first quarter of 2009 starts. Businesses, products, and workers compete earnestly to continue to advance the marketplace. The only way that competition is truly earnest is if there are lay-offs, terminations of product lines, and even failures of entire companies. That's how change that leads to long-term progress usually happens. It shouldn't be personal, except in helping the individual employee make a smooth transition into the next stage of his or her career.
- Marty Lund | 
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