12.02.08

Can’t Anyone Think of Something More Original?

Posted in Blog at 12:29 am

As the global economy steadily grinds its way deeper and deeper into recession, panicky headlines no longer shout warnings of further bank failures. Instead, there is a mind-numbing procession of announcements of massive layoffs. Even though most businesses over the last twenty years had made a fetish of being "mean and lean," and continually paring their head count to improve productivity, apparently they are still over-staffed enough that the only way they can deal with a business slowdown is Read more [...]