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It depends. A 10% reduction in GDP, as an example, would result in great misery. A 10% staff reduction on an already understaffed organisation probably has a ve
by t43562 2y ago
It depends. A 10% reduction in GDP, as an example, would result in great misery. A 10% staff reduction on an already understaffed organisation probably has a very great impact. The damage is probably being expressed very well
- robertlagrant 2y agoA 10% reduction in GDP is different to a 99% reduction, which is how most people interpret "decimated".
- t43562 2y agoI know it isn't worth replying but I never heard of 99% as the definition of decimated.
- robertlagrant 2y ago> I know it isn't worth replying The immediately self-contradictory passive aggression is pointless. > I never heard of 99% as the definition of decimated. Most people hear decimated and think "totally gone" or "almost totally gone".
- t43562 2y agoCambridge dictionary: the act of killing a something in large numbers, or reducing something severely. Not totally gone or almost gone, merely "severely" or in "large numbers".