What is the alternative? If you have less people, you are going to be less productive, period. You have no choice but to take a hit to productivity. You can eit

What is the alternative? If you have less people, you are going to be less productive, period. You have no choice but to take a hit to productivity. You can either be smart about it and choose which areas to cut back on, or you can pretend it won't happen and lose productivity in a critical place you can't survive.