Lay off the layoffs, addendum

I wanted to add an addendum to my post earlier this month about “laying off of the layoff” announcements. Include in that previous post the fact that businesses often want to layoff employees when their prospects are soaring, but cannot because the climate is not right. Economic downturns oftentimes provide the “cover” necessary for firing people because the public, and employees, are more willing to accept firings in the middle of a recession than they are doing boom times. What this means is that often times a disproportionate number of layoffs can occur in recession because a portion of the firings have been delayed for several years awaiting the proper economic environment.