I have suspected for a year that many companies were being paid off to wait on the big layoffs till after the 2014 elections.
If the could do that then they would have paid off the oil companied to slash the gas prices in half back in October.
I suspect most were not paid, but coerced with threats from the emperor's regime. Also, a lot of the CEOs are lefty supporters of the emperor, so they were happy to play along.
My son was offered a fabulous job with IBM just a few months ago. He was really torn between taking it or staying with his current company. The current company came through with a big promotion so he stayed. I’m glad he did.