Not necessarily.  It probably means they just overhired, which is a problem at a lot of companies.<p>They could just plan to get more out of a lower staffing level, this was fairly common in the &quot;re-engineering&quot; triggered layoffs of the early 90s.<p>My bet is we will see more layoffs like this because managers have erred on the side of overhiring.  Now teams are overbuilt and there&#x27;s no way they need as many employees as they have to achieve their goals.<p>So they lay them off.  We&#x27;ll be seeing more of this.  Management will start erring on the side of cutting staff.<p>The one constant here is that management is always in error, it&#x27;s just the direction that has implications for employees.