So a company that fires all its workers and then ships from stock can look very productive – until it runs outs of stock. Of course, no company can do that, but many US companies have been shedding workers and middle managers in great numbers – the figures for January 2008 were up 19% from a year earlier.
生产率是度量每工作小时产出的标准。所以，一个解雇其所有工人然后运输库存的公司可以看起来很多产——直到它将库存用尽。当然，没有公司能这样做，但是许多美国公司已经在大量剥离工人和中层经理——2008年1月份的数字比去年同期增加了19%。