09-24-2008, 01:34 AM
MacMagus, even you aren't cynical enough to believe that's necessarily true. Companies hire and lay off employees in cycles, and stay in business just fine, prosper when times are good, tighten up when times are bad. Though some CEOs manipulate the system for pure stock gain, not always. You can shear a sheep lots of times, but skin him only once. Layoffs only happen in advance of a short-term stock raid and permanent bankruptcy? What happens when the company stays in business? I wasn't aware that when a company hires an employee the company is obligated to keep him securely employed for the rest of his productive life, regardless of whether or not what he's producing has any value, that only happens at Microsoft.
