[sportutegrl]

What happens when the pool of people who can be laid off dries up. There’s no one left to fire.

Exactly. If 10000 people have jobs and 1% get laid off, that is ten people. If only 8000 people have jobs and 1% get laid off, that is fewer people getting laid off (8), but, not an improvement.

[dsrtsage]

“If 10000 people have jobs and 1% get laid off, that is ten people.”

10000 * 0.01 = 100