Things seems even more painful because so many firms expanded willy-nilly when times were good. They raised salaries, added new staff, upgraded facilities, and opened new plants. Now that the economy has shifted, "even the bosses are finding it hard to make ends meet, so how can they secure the jobs of their employees?"
更糟的是，前幾年在形勢尚好的景氣高點時，許多企業大肆擴張，加薪、加人、加設備、加廠房，如今景氣丕變，「老闆自己都快活不下去了，還能保得住員工嗎？」