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Well, Foster + Partners let go of staff. So what? Why is everyone pointing the finger? It is so easy pointing the finger, so hard doing it yourself. No one seems to be seriously touched when all the nameless giants, such as rmjm, som, atkins, aedas, nikken sekkei (I don’t even know to pronounce their names) let go of people. Why is that? Probably because foster + partners have contributed so much more to architecture, society, environment, etc. Norman Foster himself signed his name across the last century and this against all odds. Many pointing the finger today weren’t able or willing to go his way. After all, his talent and will led today’s practice to humongous success, architecturally as commercially. So what is fosters + partners supposed to be? A welfare institution? It has and will feed many mouths. Some might have joined fosters to be part of its fame and glory, probably no one of the entire staff as talented and willing as Norman Foster himself, but for sure free willingly signing the contract – and if only to participate in something big. So if this enormous successful company is affected by the financial downturn, what is it supposed to do? Anyone who feels disappointed upset and likes to point the finger should reflect back 40 years. Could you repeat this way against all odds and the wind blowing into your face? If you can answer this question with ‘yes’, these times are the perfect opportunity to proof so. And if you made millions then, no one should point the finger then, if you decided to pay your taxes, lets say in Switzerland… besides its contributions to modern society, foster + partners have and will feed many mouths.