> There are findings that suggest layoffs lead to both short-term and long term issues, including:
> - A 2x as likely chance of bankruptcy compared to companies that haven’t done layoffs.
Obviously! Because a huge number of the companies undergoing layoffs are about to go under and are using layoffs as a last ditch survival effort.
The author may be right, but every fact and figure presented in this article fails to distinguish between healthy companies in healthy industries using layoffs as a lever to increase stock prices, and layoffs happening in industries/companies that are collapsing.
> There are findings that suggest layoffs lead to both short-term and long term issues, including: > - A 2x as likely chance of bankruptcy compared to companies that haven’t done layoffs.
Obviously! Because a huge number of the companies undergoing layoffs are about to go under and are using layoffs as a last ditch survival effort.
The author may be right, but every fact and figure presented in this article fails to distinguish between healthy companies in healthy industries using layoffs as a lever to increase stock prices, and layoffs happening in industries/companies that are collapsing.