20% was just an arbitrary example.  The underlying point I think is the first focus should be on trying to retain all full-time employees.  And I probably should&#x27;ve mentioned that the likely outcome would be that the higher ranks would make the sacrifice, not the lower levels (unless absolutely necessary), since they probably depend more on their salaries for the basics.<p>Those who are not willing to make the sacrifice probably don&#x27;t really believe in the vision and thus probably aren&#x27;t the right people to help you get out of the rut.<p>And one other caveat would be transparency.  That way a company can&#x27;t just arbitrarily request that their employees make sacrifices when it&#x27;s not demonstrably essential.