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11. 1/3rd or 33% seems to be the magic number companies always reduce by
Mon Jan 28, 2013, 01:23 PM
Jan 2013

Why is that such a magical number for companies?

I am working for a company that is currently reducing workforce by 1/3. I have noticed that seems to be the number they all pull out of their ass when they are chopping jobs.

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