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Re:When Japan Collapses by bruceboughton on Thursday September 23, 2010 @07:43AM (#1719262)
You assume that this tidy out will get rid of more of the latter (the unproductive ones) than the former (the value-producing ones).
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Re:When Japan Collapses by arethuza on Thursday September 23, 2010 @07:56AM (#1719278)
Indeed, a politically astute friend point out that the first reaction of managers would be to cut productive first line services first. The so called "Washington Monument Syndrome":

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Monument_Syndrome

Of course, managers who act this way should be the first ones kicked out...

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