Sentences with phrase «laying people off»

While other industries have been laying people off (if not closing down altogether), healthcare is thriving, by leaps and bounds in some cases.

«Think about it: You're going to a place filled with people with the same professional background, a lot of the same interests, all there to talk about the job market — who's hiring, who's laying people off, what companies are looking for different kind of skills.

Several companies that were recruiting on a large scale only a few months ago are now laying people off.

Just as impressively, employment in the area has grown 1.8 percent, and a full 40 percent of employers are hiring, compared with 13.9 percent that are laying people off.

The steel mills were laying people off left and right.

Governor Cuomo can not talk about job creation while laying people off to impress his millionaire friends.

As I stated the other day when calling on the governor to rescind this misguided action, everyone but the governor and some other politicians seem to understand that laying people off is bad for the economy.

The OTB is in bankruptcy court and is laying people off.

«The response — of holding the state budget basically harmless — just doesn't fly with people who are cutting salaries, laying people off and aren't sure where their business is going.»

At a certain point, they then have to start laying people off.

all while working on automating plants that are consrantly laying people off.

Despite the energy industry's slump, Pembina has so far managed to avoid the bad news of rivals who are laying people off by the hundreds or whose pipelines are embroiled in regulatory controversy.

Laying people off is never pleasant - not for the company, not for the managers, and certainly not for the people who lose their jobs.

Now, nobody likes laying people off — which is why most organization lay off the smallest number of people they can.

Would executives be so quick to lay people off if, instead of being awarded for the short - term cost savings, they were held accountable for the long - term consequences of that decision?

During the financial crisis of 2008 Michelin didn't lay people off, but reduced work hours while continuing to give employees full benefits.

We burned about half the cash, figured out we weren't growing fast enough, laid people off and eventually sold the business for about half of what we'd raised.

They have to lay people off.

For example did you know that the US will give $ 60 mil in aid to syrian terrorists, while we have to lay people off?!

«If you lay these people off and (the layoff) goes past a year, we can't get them back to work,» said Nicosia.

«Even if there was a signature of mine on it, if there are intervening events that are outside the contemplation of the parties, such as this recession, that could theoretically be a way to lay people off,» Paterson said.

He says many are wondering whether they «have to lay people off».

As for the Assembly Democratic conference, Heastie said: «We don't want to go home and then in September hear that school districts have to lay people off because they haven't received the funding from the budget because of the linkage of the teacher evaluation and the funding.»

A balance of six per cent more businesses surveyed by the FSB think that they will lay people off in the coming three months, pointing to a further increase in unemployment by the end of the year.

After being introduced at the event by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, Gillibrand ripped into corporate America, saying that companies are too quick to lay people off and replace them with contractors.

He said many are wondering whether they «have to lay people off.»

«I don't think the governor really wants to lay people off,» Donohue said.

We should better protect ourselves from having to lay people off and cutting core services when that happens.»

But he said it would not be to Cuomo's political advantage to lay people off — especially in the middle of what could be a double - dip recession.

And paying postdocs more could force principal investigators to lay people off and lower productivity.

You could try to find out if the company is actually going to lay people off, and if you are likely to be one of them.

In effect, tenure and seniority work together to give employers the flexibility to lay people off when economic circumstances require it, but in a way that protects teachers from being arbitrarily targeted, or targeted because they were paid more than more junior faculty.

Do employers look at health insurance usage, and use that data to possibly lay people off for incurring too much usage?

These U.S. factories have shuttered and laid people off mainly due to automation and increased efficiencies.

«They know they've lost a lot of intellectual capital when they've had to lay people off,» Erwin explained.

I did a Summer internship before graduation at Cartoon Network thinking I might get hired but instead the economy crashed and they laid people off.

In a struggling economy, competition among job seekers is fierce, and you never know when your employer will be forced to lay people off.

If U.S. companies get jittery amid worries about Europe and lay people off, Americans might hesitate about buying homes or other major purchases.

Not exact matches

In addition to the substantial financial impact of closing those stores, laying off all of the people was one of the most difficult business decisions of my life.

That helps explain why the network shut down Grantland, the high - profile journalistic effort run by Bill Simmons, and also why it laid off 300 people last fall.

LivingSocial, another dailty deals website, has raised almost a billion dollars in venture capital funding, but it's laid off hundreds of people and is now half the size it used to be.

By staying lean and «getting rid of dead wood» from the outset, Avigilon's Fernandes says he had room to bring on talented people who were laid off from other IT firms.

The glory days were over, and the sixth instalment sold only a fifth as many games as Guitar Hero 5 in its first week, and Activision shut down Guitar Hero operations in February, laying off 500 people and saying the move was «due to continued declines in the music genre.»

«Sometimes, MCS happens when people are being laid off, and it's really all about stress.»

Sanders says he doesn't need workers in Maryland and Connecticut anymore, so I presume those people will be the first to be laid off.

Double check to make sure you're not violating the law by laying off people based on things like race, age, or gender.

But Groupon's issues extends beyond the borders of North America, as GaoPeng, the company's joint venture with Chinese firm Tencent, laid off about 400 people in 10 cities.

Think about it: If you're communicating in a way that's really laid - back and fun one minute and then really buttoned - up and formal the next, you'll throw off people in your audience — and that just reinforces trust barriers between you.

April 10 - Embattled blood - testing company Theranos Inc laid off most of its remaining workforce to preserve cash and avert or at least delay bankruptcy for a few more months, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The company will lay off most of Snap Channel's 15 - person team, though possibly reassigning a few junior managers elsewhere.