So You Think Layoffs Are A Necessary Evil?

Here are 9 companies who disagree. Through January, all 9 had maintained a perfect track record of no layoffs, ever. They're in diverse industries, some you'd never think of as necessarily resistant to recessions or layoffs: retail grocery - a notoriously low-margin business, the boom-and-bust energy sector, and insurance.

It's nice to hear an organization say its employees are valuable. It's even better to find a few who, apparently, mean it.