You want to stop the bleeding as soon as possible, but you don’t want to lay anybody off during the week, so they have time to collect their thoughts over the w

You want to stop the bleeding as soon as possible, but you don’t want to lay anybody off during the week, so they have time to collect their thoughts over the weekend. Whereas, if you fired them on a Monday, they may show up Tuesday and cause issues. Salary is probably the most costly expense. In the early 2000s, the warning sign was reducing the cleaning staff, and having developers empty the trash.