[rightbyte]

I don't like the "trim fat" methaphor. Layoffs are more or less random. There is no good, from the company perspective, selection.

[grepfru_it]

Now is the time for managers and directors to find reasons to let go of the employees they don’t like. Some people don’t like eating fat, others will suck on it all day. Personally I trim a bit of fat off my meats before smoking them