Best 8 quotes in «downsizing quotes» category

Much of what is called investment is actually nothing more than mergers and acquisitions, and of course mergers and acquisitions are generally accompanied by downsizing.

After I was fired from Disney, I did some of the worst movies ever made...

I am still in shock and awe at being fired.

Then, in the 1980's, came the paroxysm of downsizing, and the very nature of the corporation was thrown into doubt. In what began almost as a fad and quickly matured into an unshakable habit, companies were 'restructuring,' 'reengineering,' and generally cutting as many jobs as possible, white collar as well as blue . . . The New York Times captured the new corporate order succintly in 1987, reporting that it 'eschews loyalty to workers, products, corporate structures, businesses, factories, communities, even the nation. All such allegiances are viewed as expendable under the new rules. With survival at stake, only market leadership, strong profits and a high stock price can be allowed to matter'.

Here's the thing, you just have to drive a lot faster, and if you don't get there, we're both fired.

If you don't win, you're going to be fired. If you do win, you've only put off the day you're going to be fired.

You never ask why you've been fired because if you do, they're liable to tell you.

Much of what we acquire in life isn’t worth dragging to the next leg of our journey. Travel light. You will be better equipped to travel far.