They are a blunt force instrument, versus a fine surgical instrument.

Emotionally it can be rather significant to see the net value of your company eliminated or cut significantly.

You take a bit of a shot in the dark and usually offer them to a broad group of people. But it is a little unpredictable. How many are going to go and who is going to go? The company might get exactly what it wants or get something different.

The average age of the diesel mechanic that's out there working, over 50 percent of the work force is going to be of retirement age in the next five to eight years. It's already difficult to find a mechanic.

I've learned never to try and force words to come.

Most software today is very much like an Egyptian pyramid with millions of bricks piled on top of each other, with no structural integrity, but just done by brute force and thousands of slaves.