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...Shrontz, CEO of Boeing, in 1993, announced that there would be 25,000 layoffs while his salary "package" had been valued at $5.9 million (Deal & Kennedy, 2000, p.74). It is a situation that seems unfair and just one example of the problem of downsizing. Firms want to cut costs and they can do this by cutting staff. After all, staff is perhaps one of the most expensive components in terms of taxation and mandates and competitive factors that make health insurance a must. Yet, those who run large firms tend to keep the goodies for themselves while the underlings suffer. Again, Boeing is just one example. It is the tip of the iceberg. Authors ask: "Were human and long-term corporate performance costs of this frenzied cost-cutting taken into account?" (2000, p.74). They answer: "Probably. Managers are human and often humane. But with everyone doing it and being rewarded for their actions, it would be hard to resist. Can you really blame them? " (2000,p. 74).
One can see that large corporate downsizing is something that is necessary...