However, when it comes to layoffs, that fat always remains unaffected. All the useless managers who barely have any direct reports and who don't even know how to do their own jobs, not to mention supervise others, always remain.
Laying them off would not disrupt operations in any way, shape, or form, but since they're friends with somebody above them, they remain.
This is why GF is failing as a company. You can't continue to get rid of the good employees and leave the true fat unaffected and not have to face consequences at some point.