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HP to Layoff 15,000 Employees
William Robinson writes "ZDNet reports that HP is planning to layoff 15000 employees. IT, sales and services will be among the areas particularly hit, although the sweeping cuts will be felt throughout the company, according to a close source to the company." From the article: "HP is expected to announce the layoffs as early as Monday, but employees are not expected to be immediately notified of their status, the source said, noting such a practice is common in corporate America. More high-level discussions on the layoffs will occur late next week and employees may get a greater sense of their specific status sometime thereafter."
I guess this averages out with management's planned $10 million per executive along with the $1000 normal employee package.
Remember folks, outsourcing is good for the economy!
Bob: "We find it's always better to fire people on a Friday."
Bob: "Studies have statistically shown that there's less chance of an incident if you do it at the end of the week."
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So is this the freight train of a bull economy everyone is raving about?
You're probably critical of Bush, too. Why, Rumsfeld and Bush alone have created more than 130,000 full-time jobs in Iraq.
The Luddites were ahead of their time.
Being one of the resident curmudgeonly grammar freaks, I feel inclined to point out that "layoff" is a noun, and "lay off" is a verb (phrase). Therefore, it isn't possible to "layoff" someone; instead, you must lay them off.
Wait... so you're saying that there are sites on the internet that do not fit vertically on a display? Damn! No wonder I had that funny feeling that I was only getting a part of the story when reading online articles. Thanks for the tip!
Board of directors: "That's the first time and the last time we ever let a woman run our company."
This instance does not speak for all women, but this definitely will not help them either. Thanks, Carly.
the price of ink cartridges will skyrocket...
just a hunch
Science : Proprietary , Knowledge : Open Source
Considering your advanced proofreading and authorship skills, it's no wonder you're looking for a new job.
There is a recent HP commercial that I think is precious. They do this big commercial about the "HP Apple iPod" (ie: the product Apple developed and HP is merely reselling), then at the end the HP tagline chimes in: "HP - Invent".
A deep unwavering belief is a sure sign you're missing something...
It looks like they laid off 30% of the keys on his keyboard.
-- I'm old enough to have lived through six different meanings of the word "hacker."
If he's toed, he can foot the bill; this makes him the arch-enemy of all the ankle-biters he walks over.