Thread regarding West Corp. layoffs

Here's mine. Do you agree?
EVERY EMPLOYEE MATTERS and we are not children. I've never experienced - in any large corp or smaller company - the degree of elitism within the hierarchy. Please consider the innovation and energy you lose when the focus is on titles and who-knows-who. It's very sad that we have become the ugly side of Corporate America. People are not less valuable and they are just as smart without a VP behind their name. We've struggled too long with the "do more with less" philosophy without relief. More has become more, less has become less, and it feels like there is no end in sight. The people on my team work hard and are highly productive but we are worn out. Leadership is beyond our reach (aka out of touch - when did you stop talking to people more than one level below your position?) and Middle Management is in many cases inexperienced at managing PEOPLE, spread too thin with reporting projects that seem to change every month (which, btw, are passed down to line level employees), and scrambling just like the rest of us. Something is wrong when we are all scrambling every day just to get by. Directors who SHOULD be in touch with employees won't say "NO" or "not now" or "we don't have the resources to do that right now". What happens when we go back to the office? Who will be able to keep up the pace? The company has really had the benefit of employees working from home all this time; when you factor in drive time, transporting kids and pets, getting ready, preparing lunch, finding a parking place, etc., there is a lot less time to focus on work. Working from home, we simply sit down (connection is better) and start working. I WANT to have a better viewpoint of the leadership at Intrado L&S. That doesn't come from us knowing your hobbies or the way you spend your money. It comes from an understanding and a certain amount of caring that shows up without condescension or bullying and a recognition that the demands are high and the resources are low. Do you think you are superstars and we are pawns? That's how it feels. And as I'm writing this, I realize that we have a classic situation of the "haves" and "have nots", don't we? It might be a good idea to do skip level reviews. It might be a good idea to listen to the employees who are doing the work.