[SeekAndFind]

Are you saying that people should have a “right” to a job and that companies should keep them on the payroll no matter how much it affects the firm negatively?

I think if you read the article correctly, it does not say that people have a "right" to a job. It is making an observation --- That over-reliance on layoffs to increase a company's bottom line is short sighted and backfires. There are many tools in a management's arsenal to increase bottom line, but layoffs should not be seen as one of the top tools to use.

I'd like to see someone refute the studies cited by the author.

[1raider1]

Could it be that the prevalence of layoffs by companies interested in making and keeping profits is evidence?

[jimbo123]

The liberal academic author of this article offers no solutions in this article. He scolds but provides no solutions. Typical liberal.