Midlevel managers at large corporations are unlikely to suggest reductions in staff in their own departments even when these departments are obviously overstaffed. Each of the following, if true, supports the claim above EXCEPT: ['Staff morale and productivity often suffer when workers are laid off.', 'Midlevel managers have less work to do when their departments are overstaffed.', 'Many large corporations allow managers to offer early retirement as a means of reducing staff.', 'Departmental workloads at most large corporations increase and decrease significantly and unpredictably.']