What Are Across-The-Board Cost-Cutting Measures?

The cost-cutting strategies that are a part of the first-round cuts outlined here are called a cross-the-board cuts . Cost cutting based on alternative work arrangements (the second round of cost cutting) and layoffs (the third round of cost cutting) are not across-the-board because they are targeted at individual employees based on how they perform skills at work. This first round deals with voluntary separations based on employee choice and other means of cutting compensation costs.

Across-the-board refers to approaches that do not attempt to single out employees for special treatment or termination. The costs saved in the first round rarely meet the overall cost reduction requirement, and additional rounds are needed.