Layoffs are when a company wants to raise its
profits on paper at the expense of its employees.
This is possible because the value of the product
that those laid off employees created still remains.
But now the company no longer has the ability to
generate that product at that level because the
workers are now gone. Soon, as the inventory
drops, the value of the company in terms of
productivity will fall.
But with a healthy and expanding economy that
is creating jobs, those people who were laid off
will be able to find employment.