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Downsizing itself is an inevitable part of any creatively destructive economy. -- James Surowiecki
The corporate killer downsizing is directly responsive to what the mutual funds have wanted. -- Jim Cramer
Downsizing budgets may be necessary, but downsizing dreams is a decision to be disappointed. -- William J. Clinton
Downsizing trends and the changing global market require people to reinvent themselves and think like entrepreneurs. -- Les Brown
Dilbert' became popular during the downsizing of the '90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip. -- Scott Adams
Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing. -- Susan George
In the days when corporate downsizing was all the rage, Wall Street took a lot of flak for judging companies too harshly and setting the bar for corporate performance so high that executives felt their only option was to slash payrolls. -- James Surowiecki
In practice, downsizing is too often about cutting your work force while keeping your business the same, and doing so not by investments in productivity-enhancing technology, but by making people pull 80-hour weeks and bringing in temps to fill the gap. -- James Surowiecki
We've lost 400,000 jobs in Michigan because of downsizing. -- Debbie Stabenow
There is no denying that downsizing can happen when a company receives private equity funding. It is unfortunate and hard on everyone who is affected. -- N. Robert Hammer
But in the past, US companies have been able to increase their profits through downsizing in the US, through colonizing other people's resources, and through the increase of globalization. -- David Korten
The concept of downsizing so that others might upgrade is biblical, beautiful...and nearly unheard of. We either close the gap or don't take the words of the Bible literally. -- Francis Chan
The company calls it 'downsizing' or 'rightsizing.' My own informal "Name the Layoff" contest produced some other euphemisms: Retroactive Hiring Freeze, Resume Revision Days, Amway Opportunity Time, and Corporation Lite. -- Dale Dauten
In the career world we are downsizing. That means the one person that will keep their job will do three or four jobs for the same amount of money. You have to be that way these days. -- Michelle Visage
Best Buy. I heard recently they are downsizing and I got sad! I remember when Circuit City was around, I never understood why people would shop there. I always thought Best Buy had a better selection and cheaper prices. -- Kerry King
In this remarkable time for the world, I refuse to believe it's time to stop believing in the possibilities of our remarkable country. I refuse to accept the downsizing of the American Dream. I refuse to bet against American entrepreneurial spirit and American ingenuity.The competition's tough, and it requires us to be tougher - tough-minded, never hard hearted. -- John F. Kerry
The problem is that affirmative action could never really get at the issue of corporate power in the workplace, and so you ended up with the downsizing; you ended up with de-industrializing. You ended up with the marginalizing of working people and working poor people even while affirmative action was taking place, and a new black middle class was expanding. -- Cornel West
'Dilbert' became popular during the downsizing of the '90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip. -- Scott Adams
At some point, the world is going to have to bite the bullet and accept a huge downsizing in its way of life to bring the assets-to-debt ratio back in touch with reality. -- John L. Casti

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