It still seems pretty trivial, say, compared to seeing 80% of a company laid off.

He's essentially dealing with designers. A lot of them are like that. Wait till he has dealt with a few executives.

Very interesting, I didn't notice the word 'Work' until I read the comments about it. I wonder what's going on here, perceptually... Maybe the similarity of the two words "Worst" and "Work" causes our brain to merge them... Or maybe because it's getting late...

Funny, I didn't see that either. I just figured it was a little hyperbole.