If that means 5% of the workforce gets layoff, that can represent thousands of people. It can also have a snowballing effect. Lastly, there's a lot of capital i

If that means 5% of the workforce gets layoff, that can represent thousands of people. It can also have a snowballing effect. Lastly, there's a lot of capital involved. Idle plants means your fixed costs have to be divided among fewer cars, increasing their cost on top of the lost revenues from the non produced cars.