I gave a theory of mine a couple of weeks ago in my article, High unemployment here to stay for a while, regarding how in my opinion a lot of managers use layoffs as a means of letting go their least productive employees. The Productivity numbers for the third quarter came out today and it’s looks . . . → Read More: Increased efficiency – Good for earnings, Bad for workers
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