But the inevitable reckoning does not make the downsizing less painful .
认识到好日子的结束不可避免，并不能减轻裁员带来的痛苦。
On the contrary , it makes one less redundant and indispensable , a life and death determinant in these financially tumultuous times of corporate restructuring ( read : mass retrenchments ) and downsizing ( read : firing ) .
