"The last couple of years have seen the banks undergoing fundamental restructuring, and in most business areas they were more likely to downsize teams than to make plans to expand.
Sure, the government could save some cash by disbanding or downsizing the teams, but they'd lose something important.
Nonetheless, some CEOs have used recent crises to downsize their teams and re-allocate responsibilities to the remaining members.
Automating threat detection and response in this way may tempt some firms to downsize security teams.
One kit for implanting an intravenous port in chemotherapy patients contained 44 items, but the green team downsized it to 27 items and swapped disposable gowns and linens for reusable ones.
Otherwise, you could find your entire team downsized because your function doesn't seem vital to the organization.
Instead of "taking first-world medicine and trying to downsize it," the team began designing the technology with developing countries in mind, concentrating on ease of use, affordability, and portability, says Whitesides.
Ask is rumored to be considering switching to Google for search and subsequently downsizing its engineering team.
The budget cuts may save money in the short term, but in downsizing its editorial team, Propeller is making itself into even more of a Digg clone.
Almost unnoticed, BCE Inc. has also been improving the bottom line by downsizing its management team; it completed a net reduction in its management workforce of 4%, or approximately 700 positions.
Disarray at Facebook - amid apparent downsizing of security team - makes the need for full transparency in public testimony before Congress more urgent than ever.
