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> It sounds like people want executives to get some kind of punishment or pain as a consequence of laying people off.

No - as a consequence of poorly planning cost controls. It's not that the people don't need to be laid off for the health of the company, but that the executives who made the bad decisions don't get the boot along with them, in favor of more cautious or frugal leaders.



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