Needs, Wants and the Absolute Importance of Relevance

Now, though, because the organization is “four million dollars below budget and the deficit continues to mount,” and because it made a commitment to its constituents to “live within [its] means,” 200 staff members were “released” and more than 50 open positions will go unfilled.

My first reaction: I don’t want anyone to lose a job, and I hope those people and their families will be OK.