But who could have predicted the crisis brought on by the 2001 collapse of the dot-com bubble? The branch company was caught in the crisis and faced cutting its staff by half and paying out a great deal of severance pay.
沒想到接著爆發 2001 年的網路泡沫崩盤危機，這家分公司也陷入得裁員一半、付出大筆離職金的危機。