Thread regarding DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. layoffs

Boy there are a lot of sour grapes here. Listen boys and girls, no matter where you go, there will be dead weight. There will be dead weight in management, there will be dead weight in production, there will be dead weight in administration. It's a natural distribution even at the best organizations. There is dead weight at Google. There is dead weight at Jet Propulsion Labs. There is dead weight at Pixar. There are idiots in Harvard, Stanford, ILM, Weta, and any number of places that require smarts to get the job done. So this whole "let's name names" game I'm seeing in these posts is just petty and small. It's a simple business model. As long as the conveyor belt of bags of cash keep feeding the company, people keep their jobs, bonuses get paid, and you get to keep paying your underwater mortgage. When the bags of cash stop flowing in, the company has to reduce its costs. People get let go. It sucks, but it happens everywhere from sea to shining sea. India isn't to blame, Obama isn't to blame, W. Bush isn't to blame. Business just has its ups and it has its downs. I see a lot of fingers being pointed and if need to get it out to feel better, then go ahead and rat on your coworkers for taking long breaks but it only makes you look cowardly. Big picture is that layoffs suck, people's lives get up-ended, and the company has to fight to survive for the ones who remain on board. I wish the company well. It has performed well for a very long time and it took one slip-up with an underperforming big-budget movie to bring it to one knee. It is a powerful reminder of how high the stakes are in feature animation. Prepare for the worst, save money, and be ready when the company hits a difficult period and you're out of a job. Don't spend all your paychecks on German sports cars and trips to Vegas. That's show business.