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Re: [PLUG] Linux Jobs @ Google...
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IBM also cut several thousand jobs in the early 1990's when economic
conditions warranted it..
It happens... economies are cyclical, and companies have to trim people
during recessionary economic periods.. the problem with IBM is that they do
not actively tune their resource levels - so they wait and wait until they
are bleeding so fast they have to shed huge numbers in one fell swoop, which
makes the news.
Just as an academic exercise, try to think of some companies that you never
hear of laying off large numbers of people. These are companies that stay on
top of their resource management processes. Trimming a few here and there,
adding a few here and there, as business conditions and requirements
dictate, is a far more supportive of continuous growth than large scale
adjustments that are more of a reaction to a bad quarterly financial filing.
Just my OT $0.02...
E
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexander Birch" <abirch@gmail.com>
To: "Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List"
<plug@lists.phillylinux.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [PLUG] Linux Jobs @ Google...
> On 7/27/05, John Von Essen <john@essenz.com> wrote:
> > I know people who work at companies like IBM and Vanguard, and their
> > salaries tend to be on the low end, since their employer gives them the
> > "job-for-life" opportunity, plus really good benefits, etc.,. Just
> > curious.
> >
>
>
> I thought that IBM was going to cut 13 000 jobs
> (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4515101.stm)
>
> Doesn't seem to be "job-for-life." to me...
>
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