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HBR CASE S TUDY AND C OMMENTARY What’s the best The Layoff strategy for Astrigo? Four commentators offer expert advice. by Bronwyn Fryer • Reprint R0903A If Astrigo Holdings is to remain competitive, 10% of its workforce must be cut. Who goes, and who stays? HBR CASE S TUDY The Layoff by Bronwyn Fryer . D E “Why aren’t layoffs taught as a subject at busi- “Brace yourself,” the head of investor rela- V R E S ness school?” Robin Astrigo asked himself. tions had warned him after the call was over. E R S “Boards expect executives to do them well, but “The headlines tomorrow are going to be T H G I nobody knows how.” brutal.” R L L He leaned his forehead against the cold win- Robin thought of his deceased father. “Pop” A . N O dow and stared out at the building across the Astrigo had started out as a hardscrabble mid- I T A R street. The wind was whipping ti