John Challenger Layoffs Quotations

Layoffs are still very high, and the economy seems to be showing little sign of pulling out of the doldrums, ... These lower cuts may just mean that we aren't seeing any further dips right now -- that we're just in this kind of steady, low-wattage kind of state.

It used to be taken for granted that you wouldn't do layoffs during the holidays, but that hasn't been the case for at least several years.

Companies are much more nimble today. They're cutting costs, but then they grow in new areas, so layoffs continue at the same time as job growth.

Companies are much more nimble today, ... They're cutting costs, but then they grow in new areas, so layoffs continue at the same time as job growth.

We may now have moved into the second half of a slowdown, ... because these big layoffs have begun to appear more regularly.