Thanks for correcting my post. You make it very clear what’s going on here. This is also why O is telling everyone to vote Early — under his breath “before you get your layoff notice.”
I keep close tabs on my development staff, burn rates and tasking/coverage in addition to my technical work. Thankfully, I have some very competent co-workers doing the business development and day to day project management. My co-workers are looking really stressed as they work to keep the customer happy and staff fully engaged. The stress has nothing to do with the difficulty of the tasking. The concern is the budget axe swinging indiscriminantly with no thought for the consequences.