"but it's probably not a coincidence that during most of the time I worked for them (1984 to 2008) there was little need to lay off staff"
You mean apart from 1993 when they haemorrhaged 60,000 people, the biggest layoff in history?
"but it's probably not a coincidence that during most of the time I worked for them (1984 to 2008) there was little need to lay off staff"
You mean apart from 1993 when they haemorrhaged 60,000 people, the biggest layoff in history?