Changes are bound to happen and it's kind of crazy how bloated a lot of companies are. I think the recession and the economy being in a shithole has finally allowed a lot of those companies a chance to cut off all that bloat. Technology has made some of those earlier positions not as useful and they haven't adapted that well.
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The downturns are the chance to get rid of the bottom layer of performers. They hire when times are good, trip when not. If they trimmed when times were good, they would get bad press. Now, it is "expected".