> It's quite embarrassing to be paying the lease on an empty office though. While I agree, and I can imagine CEOs/CFOs in a hard spot over a 10-year lease wit

> It's quite embarrassing to be paying the lease on an empty office though. While I agree, and I can imagine CEOs/CFOs in a hard spot over a 10-year lease with an empty office, what is better: to just pay what you had promised if downsizing is not possible, or pay and have disgruntled employees, with most of them immediately starting to look for another job and leaving as soon as they manage to find it?