In 1929, during the depression, Matsushita Kōnosuke refused to cut the workforce of Matsushita Electric. Dakara, hitori mo kaiko shitara akan. So not a single person is to be dismissed.
Production was cut in half, and the factories worked half days. Shikashi jūgyōin no kyūryō wa zengaku o shikyū. But the employees were paid their full wages. In return, the employees were asked to put all their effort into selling the stock.