At the corporate level they try to be as transparent and least disruptive as possible. They'll nix open positions and contractors first. If its more serious, they may offer early retirement to more tenured personnel. The last approach is wholesale cuts across the board, pretty rare. I've only seen that twice over a long period of time.
I have never seen layoffs in my 13 years at HCA
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