[Repealthe17thAmendment]

I think the dirty little secret of business is that many large companies, and even a few small ones, had gotten a bit bloated.

The dramatic increase in productivity that computers have brought have allowed people to do more work in a shorter period of time, particularly in accounting, shipping and warehousing, and marketing.

The layoffs have been a sort of correction in the workforce, which is good news in a way. On the other, if your not skilled in computers and don't have an aptitude for multitasking, you're going to have a harder time finding and keeping a position in an office environment.

[qam1]

I think the dirty little secret of business is that many large companies, and even a few small ones, had gotten a bit bloated.........The layoffs have been a sort of correction in the workforce, which is good news in a way.

I wish

American companies are still way too bloated, while many productive employees have lost their jobs and/or have not been replaced, few if any of the 6 to 7 figure dead weight positions like "Senior vice president for global support services”, “Director of Communications for the East Coast”, “Vice President of Mission Related Services”, “Vice President of Administrative Services”, etc, etc have lost theirs.

MBAs take care of their own and unfortunately they will drive the company right out of buisness before they go anywhere.