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Originally Posted by sammyg2
That leads to bloated employment numbers in good times and lay-offs in tough times.
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Originally Posted by Deschodt
My beef is that if you come "oh-so-close" to that "educated butt number" (better? I added educated ;-) and still made tons of money, just maybe 0.5% less than planned, you should not be firing good people. That's asinine...
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A good company has a long range look and adjust budgets (headcount) accordingly. A LOT of times, companies that do this get bad reps for working employees too hard even when times are good. But often they don't have to shed as much excess headcount when times are lean. It's a very tough balancing act. Short-horizon, reactive companies tend to over-hire and then over-fire in a constant cycle.