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Sharp Overwhelmed By Volunteers For Early Retirement

Posted by timothy on from the every-lifeboat-needs-a-cox dept.

jfruh writes "Sharp, the Japanese LCD supplier in dire financial straits, is trying to cut staffing by offering an early retirement package. Unfortunately, it seems Sharp employees are eager to abandon a sinking ship. The company was planning on cutting its headcount by about 2,000 employees with the move; instead, it had to cut short the program after getting nearly 3,000 applicants."

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  1. Aww by AwesomeMcgee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Let's just hope this doesn't make Sharp dull...

  2. Re:this is a bad sign by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Beats the hell out of getting a pink slip and nothing from the deal.

    So you're saying that Sharp has...sharp employees?

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    Ezekiel 23:20
  3. Re:Worse then you may think Sony did the same by Presto+Vivace · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am not worried about Asian dominance in business. I hear they are sending all their best and brightest to American business schools.

  4. Re:this is a bad sign by SilentStaid · · Score: 3, Funny

    I told you, we're an anarcho-syndicalist commune. We take it in turns to be a sort of executive officer for the week but all the decisions of that officer have to be ratified at a special bi-weekly meeting.

  5. Re:this is a bad sign by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Be quiet!!! I order you to BE QUIET!!!