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Sun to Cut 5000 Jobs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the less-than-ideal dept.

codemachine writes "In one of Jonathan Schwartz's first acts as CEO, Sun Microsystems has announced that they are cutting up to 5,000 jobs over the next 6 months. The company plans to sell property it owns in Newark, Calif., and to exit leases at a site in Sunnyvale, Calif. Analysts will be pleased that Sun has finally taken steps to cut costs, but what will this mean for the future of the company?"

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  1. In other news... by m4c+north · · Score: 5, Funny

    Moon to cut only 1200 jobs (and Marvin gets to keep his).

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  2. You know what this means... by Billosaur · · Score: 5, Insightful

    5000 disgruntled ex-Sun employees band together to form a new company, Black Hole, billing themselves as the "anti-Sun" development company and creating a programming language called "Borneo." I can see it coming; it's written in my tea leaves.

    Let's hope Sun gets smart and gets rid of the excess layers of middle management and their entire marketing staff, along with a few maintenance guys. If they let go too many programmers, the competition may reap a windfall.

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  3. Re:Nobody Cares by kevin_conaway · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nobody cares about what happens to the workers who get fired. You're talking to (mostly) Americans here... Unless its thier job being cut, they just dont care... :-(

    And honestly, why should we care? What do you expect us to do about it? They're doing what they feel is right to put the company back on track.

  4. Re:The company?!?!? by drooling-dog · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I'm glad you care about those 5000 workers. Thats nice. Unfortunately, its also stupid.

    Well, you know, it's possible to have a little compassion for the people who are going to lose their jobs without suggesting that Sun was wrong to let them go. Nowhere in the parent post was it implied that the RIF was wrong or even unnecessary. So why all the righteous indignation? It's one thing not to have empathy, but quite another to be actively offended by it in others.

  5. More informative link by gh · · Score: 5, Informative

    Jonathan Schwartz's blog says a lot more behind the decision to cut the 5,000 employees. You may or may not agree with the decision, but it's far more informative about the direction Sun is heading in than the /. submission link.

    http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/jonathan?entry=ph ase_2

  6. Re:Nobody Cares by Fred_A · · Score: 5, Insightful
    They're doing what they feel is right to put the company back on track.

    Nnot exactly, they're doing what they feel is right to maximise shareholder value which doesn't necessarily have to be the same thing.
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