If you want to stay off the spreadsheet when Finance says “cut 10 %,” you need to become Un-Layoff-Able—the person whose departure would punch an immediate hole in revenue, innovation, or customer trust.
Borders is filing for bankruptcy and closing 1/3 of their stores.
This post is near and dear to me because I used to work for the Reader's Market/Waldenbooks/Borders chain many, many years ago.