About a month ago the company I'm working for gathered all 60 of us into a tight meeting room and announced that there would be layoffs in July. It's not because we're shrinking or doing poorly, in fact--it's quite the opposite. It's because we're growing. Perhaps on another day I'll tell you how that works. Those of us who are in management positions already knew what was coming, and it made the meeting all the more interesting because I could sit back and observe the reactions of everyone Keep Reading »