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

    (*) Actual socialism, of course, is worker control of the means of production, and has nothing to do with what Americans call "socialism" at all.

    Actual socialism is workers having the illusion of having control of the means of production with the state having the actual control and screwing the workers whenever possible.

    Actual capitalism is workers having the illusion of choice and freedom with the owners having the actual control and screwing the workers whenever possible.

    lol witty one liners lol. Also capitalism failed at the beginning of C20, long before the Soviet experiment, but good luck trying to convince yourself otherwise while America continues creeping to the right and China's managed economy smoothly takes over.