> But the people will, for sure. And the company leadership should be held accountable for that in some way other than to get bigger bonuses. If leadership is

> But the people will, for sure. And the company leadership should be held accountable for that in some way other than to get bigger bonuses. If leadership is punished for layoffs, are they also rewarded for hiring people? It might make for an interesting model for society, but I imagine it would end up with similar inefficiencies as the USSR's policy of full employment. For each employee it's nice to have three people man a single cash register, but for an economy's productivity it seems better if each company has no more workers than it needs, because those workers become available to other companies. The USA's problem is more in how temporary unemployment is seen as a shameful personal failing, rather than a normal occurance in an economy that people have to be supported through (for a reasonable timespan).