Comments on: The Effects of Layoffs on a Business http://buyingvalue.com/2010/02/effects-layoffs-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=effects-layoffs-business Price is What you Pay Value is What you Get Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:59:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Matt @ Dividend Monk http://buyingvalue.com/2010/02/effects-layoffs-business/comment-page-1/#comment-3822 Matt @ Dividend Monk Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:16:00 +0000 http://buyingvalue.com/?p=1491#comment-3822 This is a great article overall. I think investors have a habit of looking at "cost reductions" in a rather robotic way instead of considering the human element, and so it is certainly a good idea to take a step back once and a while and consider the mindset of the company and its employees. Layoffs don't necessarily mean bad financial health. Johnson and Johnson, for example, recently performed some layoffs to increase profit margins even though they are doing quite fine. Some companies just do it to improve their numbers, not that I agree that they should. -Matt This is a great article overall. I think investors have a habit of looking at “cost reductions” in a rather robotic way instead of considering the human element, and so it is certainly a good idea to take a step back once and a while and consider the mindset of the company and its employees.

Layoffs don’t necessarily mean bad financial health. Johnson and Johnson, for example, recently performed some layoffs to increase profit margins even though they are doing quite fine. Some companies just do it to improve their numbers, not that I agree that they should.

-Matt

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