He said that until this year Congress had not appropriated enough money to replace auditors lost to normal attrition.
With normal attrition, only about ten students graduate from thirty-five.
She said "normal attrition" among subscribers was 15 percent.
During the first term of the next Administration, normal attrition will probably open more than 100 judgeships.
But it has simply shifted the work to the armed services, which are resisting staff cuts beyond normal attrition.
"Jobs will be cut through early retirement and normal attrition, but the company is absolutely committed to research and development."
Lucent expects to reduce its staff by another 3,000 through normal attrition over the next two months.
About 1,000 jobs will be eliminated by layoff but "a substantial number" of the rest are likely to result from normal attrition.
They exhibit slow growth and their main role is to replace cells lost by normal attrition.
"We definitely like to have a bench," he said, to deal with normal attrition.