Archive for July, 2005

40% Productivity Loss Anyone?

Monday, July 11th, 2005

On one hand we continually hear the war cry, “Improve Productivity!” (like something you might have found on the wall of a Soviet tractor factory).

On the other, companies are laying off staff almost as fast as humanly (sic) possible, leading to orders like, “Now that Bob’s gone, you’ll have to handle his work too.” […]