I see it as the default, unless there's a strategy to do something about it. I firmly believe any company needs to be pruning their employees on an ongoing ba

I see it as the default, unless there's a strategy to do something about it. I firmly believe any company needs to be pruning their employees on an ongoing basis - think Jack Welch's bottom 10%, or investment bank annual tidying before bonus season. That doesn't mean employers need to be nasty about it, I think you can thank these people for their service, give them a nice severance package, a good reference letter, but you don't need to keep employing them until they reach senility and retire.