Re: [PLUG] OT: Linux Business Forum

["William H. Magill" <magill@mcgillsociety.org>]

On Wednesday, October 16, 2002, at 10:08  AM, Fred K Ollinger wrote:
> Some jobs just need to get done so to fire a good employee because the
> budget is tight is going to lose money. So it's assinine to think that
> employees are an expense while the really are an asset.

Tell that to Sun.

When management perceives the continued existence of the company as on 
the line, employees become expendable. Sun is expected to end their 
historic "no layoff" policy (based on exactly that premise) when 
McNealy announces a restructuring this quarter.
Possibly as early as today.

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
magill@mcgillsociety.org
magill@acm.org
magill@mac.com

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