But as they adjust to life under the new collective bargaining agreement, which will heavily tax their bloated payroll, the Yankees have been cautious.

More than 2,000 employees have migrated off the bloated public payroll and into the private sector.

But he is also a businessman, and club officials say they are committed to reducing the team's bloated $135 million payroll.

The Rangers, meanwhile, have never had a problem meeting their bloated payroll, which this season is a league record of around $75 million.

But the survey showed persistent concerns about weak demand, bloated payrolls and falling prices.

The Yankees had already boasted baseball's most bloated payroll for several years before his arrival.

If the goal is more than survival, the bloated public payroll will need to be significantly pared back.

Of course, the bloated payroll was not Thomas's invention.

By doing that, the company also removed the burden of its bloated payroll from PetroChina.

Its bloated public payroll will continue to grow unless City Hall applies some brakes.