Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Not Moving

Daniel Altman notes a by-product of business moves: staff reduction.

Companies may have strategic reasons for relocation - getting all their operations in one place, for example - but sometimes there's an ulterior motive. Businesses and even government agencies know that when they move, not all of their employees will follow. If they need to shed some payroll, they have an easy out; anyone who wanted to could keep their job, but some workers simply decided not to.

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