Viewpoint: Downsizing companies still haven't learned

It is never a good time to get laid off. The shock of being fired is traumatic. It is probably not assuaged by knowing that 10,000 others are being laid off at the same time, though it may be comforting to know that you are being forced into a labor market with a 3.5% unemployment rate as opposed to the 6% rate of the early 1990s, when downsizing became the managerial fad of the day.
For those laid off by firms in the technology industries, it is also good to know there is great demand for