Example sentences for: downsizing

How can you use “downsizing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In the days when corporate downsizing was all the rage, Wall Street took a lot of flak for judging companies too harshly and setting the bar for corporate performance so high that executives felt their only option was to slash payrolls.

  • However, competitive pressures caused many organizations to approach staff downsizing without adequate planning.

  • The Wall Street Journal "Outlook" observes, "In the U.S. job market, the balance of power is shifting to employees from employers," and states that "the retention frenzy was triggered in part by previous waves of corporate downsizing," which left behind survivors who took stock of career options and used Internet job listings and intensified recruiting to land better offers, which in turn led to counter-offers and higher salaries.

  • We intend to do more work on the implications of downsizing and of the government's human capital approach generally.

  • No doubt his political masters allowed him to downsize the issue of downsizing at least partly because they believed that good news re-elects presidents.


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