# What is your take on this situation? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 13, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-take-on-this-situation/560593 "2010-11-13T21:08:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-take-on-this-situation/560593/21 "2010-11-15T17:06:57Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Nope, he is the owner/boss. > > I dunno, I think that, once he made the cuts, he was in a no-win situation. Imagine if he had not planned the party (which, by the way, is an annual event): > > “The bastard can’t even give us a Christmas party!” > “Yeah, that’s the least he coulda done!” > mmm Yep, I suspect he is in a now win situation. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-take-on-this-situation/560593/22 "2010-11-15T17:23:33Z")
Hmmm… at my company they cut salaries by 30% AND cancelled the Christmas party. So this doesn’t sound so bad actually. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-take-on-this-situation/560593/23 "2010-11-15T17:34:54Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > The one thing about the past two years is they’ve cut the deadwood out of companies. Yeah, that’s right. It’s just the “deadwood” that have lost their jobs. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-take-on-this-situation/560593.md?page=1)