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Originally Posted by Local2ED
If what you say above is true i commend you for not laying off those one or two "extra" employees however we both know NO business keeps more employees than they KNOW they need  |
After thinking about it, I'd probably revise that to one we could get by without rather than two.
Unless it's a last-ditch effort to keep things afloat (and these past few years it may very well be), I'd bet most companies (of all sizes) are carrying employees they could get by without. And it could very well be in middle or upper management (and probably that's often the case-look at some of Fulcrum525's posts on that matter). When times are good it's easy to overlook it, when they're bad the focus changes.
In our case (and I would imagine for many small/family businesses), it's mostly conscience that keeps them employed. I'd bet the majority of family businesses are employing a family member that they could do without but won't since they're family. I'd like to think it's not me, though.
