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Michael Dell asks workers to consider taking up to five days off without pay. (I told you so)
Statesman.com ^ | Nov. 5, 2008 | Dan Zehr

Posted on 11/04/2008 10:39:28 PM PST by Stayfree

In a memo Monday, Dell asked employees throughout the company to consider taking off as many as five days without pay over the next three months. In addition, he said, the company would institute a hiring freeze, scale back some projects, offer voluntary severance packages and cut many of its contract workers.

(Excerpt) Read more at statesman.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: businesscontraction; dell
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All those fools who voted for that Marxist snake-oil salesman will now get a hard lesson about the value of conducting due diligence over voting blindly.
1 posted on 11/04/2008 10:39:29 PM PST by Stayfree
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To: Stayfree

Did Dell give to 0bama?


2 posted on 11/04/2008 10:41:07 PM PST by ABQHispConservative (I'm proud of Sarah, the only conservative in this race!)
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To: Stayfree

Chances are, I will be asking a few employees to take more than 5 days off without pay.

Thanks, Obama!


3 posted on 11/04/2008 10:41:17 PM PST by Tex Pete (Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
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To: Stayfree

tis life.... let’s see what happens.


4 posted on 11/04/2008 10:41:32 PM PST by Porterville (Senate Wackyland: 100 nuts and a squirrel)
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To: Stayfree

hmm..I planned to buy a Dell by Christmas and the plot thickens.


5 posted on 11/04/2008 10:42:01 PM PST by max americana
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To: Stayfree
japan's index took a dive upon hearing our results.

one of their experts said a republican victory would have been better, and that this outcome will limit the US's ability to compete. oops!

6 posted on 11/04/2008 10:42:35 PM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact i DID only read the excerpt.)
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To: Stayfree

Come on, now. Obama will just “think” about it and fix it. What are they worried about. He’s the messiah.


7 posted on 11/04/2008 10:43:21 PM PST by WKUHilltopper
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To: ABQHispConservative

http://newsmeat.com/billionaire_political_donations/Michael_Dell.php


8 posted on 11/04/2008 10:44:03 PM PST by KavMan
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To: Stayfree
My brotherinlaw works for Nextel. He said he would agree to take unpaid time off to keep his job. It makes sense to me. To bad the union workers don't take this option. Days off with no pay or no job at all.
9 posted on 11/04/2008 10:44:28 PM PST by linn37 (Phlebotomists need love too.)
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To: Stayfree

Obama’s Fault!


10 posted on 11/04/2008 10:44:46 PM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: Stayfree

Ha ha, I can’t wait to tell my liberal, BO loving, he goings to save the world, neighbor who works for Dell about this!

He makes around $90K or more a year. Wonder how much he will love his precious BO after his taxes go up


11 posted on 11/04/2008 10:45:40 PM PST by Glacier Honey (`)
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Come on, now. Obama will just “think” about it and fix it. What are they worried about. He’s the messiah.

I'm sure he can make a speech that covers this.

12 posted on 11/04/2008 10:45:59 PM PST by Elyse (I refuse to feed the crocodile.)
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To: Stayfree

Hmmm. Seem to remember this wonderful Dell plant in NC, thanks to the oh-so-clever Democrat office holders to helped make it happen. Wonder if this affects NC.


13 posted on 11/04/2008 10:46:40 PM PST by dr_who
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To: Stayfree

Hmmm. Seem to remember this wonderful Dell plant in NC, thanks to the oh-so-clever Democrat office holders to helped make it happen. Wonder if this affects NC.


14 posted on 11/04/2008 10:47:06 PM PST by dr_who
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To: Stayfree

I’d spit on my Dell monitor but...(BTW I didn’t purchase it) nevermind.


15 posted on 11/04/2008 10:47:42 PM PST by period end of story
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To: KavMan

Thanks. He gave big to republicans and select rats.


16 posted on 11/04/2008 10:48:10 PM PST by ABQHispConservative (I'm proud of Sarah, the only conservative in this race!)
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To: Stayfree

And so the Obamaconomy begins.

A lot of those who voted for the Messiah are big company employees who are far removed from the realities of small company, entrepreneurial life.

The Democrats are now the party of big business and big government. The GOP is the party of the entrepreneur, the people who don’t live in large cities and who want to be free and don’t want government colluding with business in an anti-competitive fashion. The GOP is now truly the part of Jefferson and Jackson.


17 posted on 11/04/2008 10:48:41 PM PST by Harry Wurzbach (Joe The Plumber & Rep. Thaddeus McCotter are my heroes.)
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To: thefactor
japan's index took a dive upon hearing our results.

Huh? Nikkie 225 is up 4.5% (up 406, to 9421) right ... now ....

18 posted on 11/04/2008 10:48:58 PM PST by Republican Party Reptile
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To: KavMan

You guys on FR are so smart!!! I would not have a clue where to pull all this information from!


19 posted on 11/04/2008 10:49:04 PM PST by Glacier Honey (`)
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To: Stayfree

Mark my words. Within a year these morons will be on their knees begging us for help...Just say no.


20 posted on 11/04/2008 10:49:34 PM PST by screaminsunshine
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