Fewer Employees + Same Work = Higher Productivity (time.com) -- Not surprisingly, any increased productivity gleaned from the sweat of a layoff-decimated work force results in plenty of grousing. Manufacturing workers call ghost work "speed-up" (because the remaining employees have to hustle harder) or "stretch-out" (because of the longer hours). "They call it productivity," says Lane Windham, an AFL-CIO spokesman, referring to management.
(Mac comments: via Slashdot - I think this partly explains the underwhelming response to usability by employees)