The Layoff - HBS Case

"If Astrigo Holdings is to remain competitive, 10% of its workforce must be cut. Who goes, and who stays?

“Why aren’t layoffs taught as a subject at business school?” Robin Astrigo asked himself. “Boards expect executives to do them well, but nobody knows how.” He leaned his forehead against the cold window and stared out at the building across the street. The wind was whipping tiny, icy flakes sideways through Chicago’s alleys of skyscrapers. Robin couldn’t see through the dark glass windows of the offices of the big consulting firm opposite him, but he wondered whether the atmosphere in there was freezing too..."
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