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Usually, therefore, it is a means of taking out a swathe of mid-ranking [[subject matter experts]].  We of the [[Morlock|guild of mid-ranking subject matter experts]] find this fact rather ''chafing'', to say the least.
Usually, therefore, it is a means of taking out a swathe of mid-ranking [[subject matter experts]].  We of the [[Morlock|guild of mid-ranking subject matter experts]] find this fact rather ''chafing'', to say the least.


We have a view that an organisation which needs a periodic [[reduction in force]] is one that is not properly managing its human resources month-by-month.
We have a view that an organisation which needs a periodic [[reduction in force]] is not properly managing its human resources month-by-month.
 
the JC has a view that [[system redundancy|systemic redundancy]] in a [[complex]] organisation is, at some level, quite a good thing; a [[reduction in force]] is an ''elimination'' of redundancy, and is therefore more fraught than it should be. Elimination of ''superfluous'' redundancy is one thing, but over what period should we measure superfluity? If [[Credit Suisse]] is any guide, it is [[Archegos|something like ''250 years'']].


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*[[System redundancy]]
*[[Lateral quitter]]
*[[Lateral quitter]]
*[[Mediocrity drift]]
*[[Mediocrity drift]]