How do you get over the guilt of your cost cutting recommendations (when people get fired) ?

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With a steak dinner and Macallan. Cost cutting projects always have fat margins.

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Lots more people would be out of a job if the client failed. I've been laid off, and it sucks, but I've come to recognize that it's often not personal.

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Whiskey helps.

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Not guilty. The work I do grows the top line so my client counterparts are usually hiring

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Your client is the company. If the company fails they're all out of a job. You provide recommendations on how they can succeed as a company.

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I've met enough "professional meeting attendees" at large companies that I've completely lost remorse for cost cutting measures

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I've seen companies that never do the cost cutting, then ultimately fail completely, or end up having to cut even deeper later on. It sucks for everyone, but the alternative, in the long run, is worth both from a human cost and financial cost perspective.

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More $ for us

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I don't do it anymore

Guess I need to change my airport milkshake to whisky

Is worse, not worth

1) if it doesn't happen periodically, company goes under or has to make suboptimal decisions 2) they're going to do it with or without us. Hopefully, with us means smarter not deeper.

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