As a long-time government employee I learned early that there's no such thing as job security, and when I retired in April the entire Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) team was cut, which took the bloom off the rose. I've never understood layoffs; it really is like "chopping off their own arms and legs in a vain attempt to protect the heart." Layoffs seem like recognition that your workload is shrinking, and instead of using all the resources already at your disposal to find a way to expand your services develop new offerings, you just contract to make sure the next quarter is profitable. As this article makes clear, if you thought universities were different, you're wrong. "Our universities have now become hollowed-out and unmoored from their original purpose... they are more like aggressive medium-sized enterprises struggling for market share than the school-like cloisters that voters perhaps picture."
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