Luxury employees
When the night gets dark, and the wolves are circling your business, how many Deputy Assistant Account Managers do you really need? Or guys to go golfing with your clients? "Transformational change management." Good God.
I'm not sure how many people realize that part of the unemployment problem is that businesses pushed to the brink of the abyss discovered that if they really had to they could get by on a lot less money. And a lot fewer people.
Did you notice the trend to hiring long-term "temps?" I've been one of those. Contractors who save the employee a lot of red tape might be the wave of the future.