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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 9220640" data-attributes="member: 2629"><p>Do outsiders know the full story? No. However, one big problem with layoffs historically is that the decision makers do not, either. There are plenty of academic writings that studied, from an expert position, the impact of layoffs and has concluded that most of them were disasters as implemented.</p><p></p><p>Further, you assume that many people speaking are ignorant of the situation. Unfortutanely, almost everyone that has worked in Corporate America has either been laid off, or has survived a lay off and fought through the chaos afterwards. They are rarely well planned - and instead come down to dictates of, "just get rid of 30% of them". Decisions are often made by finance, not the people understanding the essentiality of given individuals. Too many people speak from an educatedposition on this topic.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes layoffs are a necessary evil. However, even when they are, they are often poorly executed and cut healthy - and necessary - tissue along with the excess tissue that can afford to be trimmed. </p><p></p><p>In the end, it often comes down to the people making the decisions on a layoff situation having short term goals (that impact their bonus) prioritized over long term goals (that serve the company better in the long term). Corporate America is ripe with these decisions. The companies that do the best over the long haul are the ones that - as should be a shock to no one - put long term company goals over short term bonus driven ones.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 9220640, member: 2629"] Do outsiders know the full story? No. However, one big problem with layoffs historically is that the decision makers do not, either. There are plenty of academic writings that studied, from an expert position, the impact of layoffs and has concluded that most of them were disasters as implemented. Further, you assume that many people speaking are ignorant of the situation. Unfortutanely, almost everyone that has worked in Corporate America has either been laid off, or has survived a lay off and fought through the chaos afterwards. They are rarely well planned - and instead come down to dictates of, "just get rid of 30% of them". Decisions are often made by finance, not the people understanding the essentiality of given individuals. Too many people speak from an educatedposition on this topic. Sometimes layoffs are a necessary evil. However, even when they are, they are often poorly executed and cut healthy - and necessary - tissue along with the excess tissue that can afford to be trimmed. In the end, it often comes down to the people making the decisions on a layoff situation having short term goals (that impact their bonus) prioritized over long term goals (that serve the company better in the long term). Corporate America is ripe with these decisions. The companies that do the best over the long haul are the ones that - as should be a shock to no one - put long term company goals over short term bonus driven ones. [/QUOTE]
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