I profoundly disagree. You hired 7 dog walkers (one for every day of the week) to walk your dog Stinky during lunch. A year down the road you realized you don

I profoundly disagree. You hired 7 dog walkers (one for every day of the week) to walk your dog Stinky during lunch. A year down the road you realized you don't need someone to walk Stinky every day, you want to do it yourself sometime. You can say you overhired. So you decide to keep 4 of the dog walkers and let 3 of them go. That's a 43% layoff, you heartless capitalist. Who do you cut? Well Bob is the Sunday guy and you definitely don't need a dog walker for Sunday, so Bob's on the list (role elimination). Alice makes $25 per walk while everyone else makes $20, she's gotta go (overpaid/cost reduction) and Carol, you actually think she's not that good with Stinky. You had to have her when you thought you needed 7 people, but she ain't one of the top 4 (performance based) So now you got 3 dog walkers instead of seven, you pay them on average less, their performance is on average better and they are focused on days you really need them. Yeah you don't have the same coverage but turns out you are fine without it. Stinky is happier too. You may even use your saved money ($65 per week) to hire someone you need more, like a cleaning lady. Obviously you can fuck up layoffs but if done well you and Stinky can come out ahead.