High-tech job cuts cast a shadow on lives

The Fort Collins Coloradoan ^ | Sunday, November 3, 2002 | PAT FERRIER

[Willie Green]

107 jobs in October 2001. AE makes and sells components used in the production of semiconductors, flat panel displays, data-storage products, compact discs, digital videodiscs and architectural glass. The company employs about 900 people at its Fort Collins site at 1625 Sharp Point Drive.

[shawv]

I am part of this.... Anyone looking for a Technical Trainer, or Technical Writer in the S.F. Bay area, or Roseville, CA area? (c:

[eno_]

Lucent, Nortel, Ericcson, and Alcatel are dinosaurs like Wang, Data General, and Digitalwere 15-20 years ago. HP is doomed due to the Vampire Queen from Lucent running the show. Anyone who thinks this situation is unique hasn't been around long enough. If they succeed in implementing Palladium, we will all be remarking on how the mighty Microsoft fell. Nothing is permanent.

[VOA]

Kodak Colorado, which cut 150 jobs a year ago, is in the midst of a second round of
layoffs as it tries to recover from a slump in film sales this year, mostly due to
the softening economy nationwide.

It's sad to watch a former crown-jewel of American industry (OK, film technology)
in a death spiral.

The tough news for Kodak is that there will probably never be anything but a slump
in film sales from now on.
The should have seen the future...but just didn't know what to do about it.

I remember trying a Kodak digital camera two years ago.
I couldn't help but thinking...someone at Kodak has lost their minds.
They seem to have intentionally made their digital cameras very heavy and clunky
in hopes camera users would stay with film cameras.

Too bad someone didn't tell them that the competition had already had learned how to make
similarly-powered cameras that were lighter and easier to use...
All the same, I hope they make some sort of stunning comeback. Lord knows I did what I could
by always buying Kodak film...

[GailA]

Any one looking for a 29 year veteran Field Technical Representative (electronics trouble shooter) for 2 way radio? There's nothing he can't fix from transmitters, switches, 450 repeaters, trunking, 800 & 900 LTR systems, combiners.

Nextel bought out and is buying up the 2 way industry putting the technical folks out of work.

[eno_]

Find someplace they still use trunked radio. Maybe an NGO or government overseas?

[SamAdams76]

What about going to work for Nextel? They put out an excellent product. Just about everybody in my company has one.

[null and void]

I am part of this.... Anyone looking for a Technical Trainer, or Technical Writer in the S.F. Bay area, or Roseville, CA area? (c:

Or a Semiconductor Process Engineer, specializing in MEMS (Micro Electro-mechanical Systems) in the Silicon Valley area?

[MonroeDNA]

The Sky Is Falling (TSIF) Willie alert!

Whoop whoop whoop!!!!

Willie posts bad news on jobs. It's his job. Ignore him.

[Dialup Llama]

If you are in tech or manufacturing they sky is falling. I'm not sure I understand the point of your reply.

[jrhepfer]

I've been in tech for about 6 years. I worked my a** off and climbed up quick. I watched for the most indespensible skills and made sure I had them (as far as networks and network operating systems were concerned). I've done well and am secure. But the bad thing I've noticed it that technology departments are not treated like a utility, more like an option.

The first places corps seem to like to cut is Marketing and IT. I haven't figured out why yet. In my mind (biased? no doubt) IT is like a utility... when you need more electricity you get it. When you need more technology, you get it. On paper, however, IT ROI is more like Marketing's ROI. It's very difficult to gauge on many implementations and the ROI must be gauged indirectly. When you need to run wiring for a bigger/faster piece of equipment, you can easily see your efficiencies go up. Since much of our world deals with a human interface, you can speed up the equipment all you want but some people will sitll farm the work just to keep on the payrolls.

[calawah98]

Ignore him, he posts the same message on all of Willies' posts. To him it is a big joke.

[Willie Green]

I'm not sure I understand the point of your reply.

MonroeDNA doesn't possess the intellect to comment on the substance of the articles I post.

He therefor has nominated himself to spam and disrupt those threads in a juvenile and lame style made famous by Don Morgan and his ***Ash Alerts!!!***.

I have brought this deliberate stalking and disruptive behavior to the attention of forum management, with no response. I must therefor assume that they approve of this style of disruptive forum behavior, and have simply begun to ignore MonroeDNA. At least his disruptive posts bump the thread for others to read.

[MonroeDNA]

"If you are in tech or manufacturing they sky is falling.

I AM in high-tech manufacturing. Artificial heart pumps, actually. We're hiring.

[MonroeDNA]

I'm not sure I understand the point of your reply.

Do a search on Willie. He posts many articles each day, highlighting job losses. He has a negative agenda, known only to him.

Us older freepers are sick of it. Hence, "TSIF WIllie Alert!"

(I need to learn how to post the trademark sign)

[ChadGore]

WIN ONE FOR THE GIPPER

Vote on Tuesday.

Do the right thing.

[Fractal Trader]

I have brought this deliberate stalking and disruptive behavior to the attention of forum management, with no response.

Maybe it's because they agree with him and what he speaks is true. Seriously, the nature of "creative destruction" is that old jobs go away forever while new ones take their place.

The economy may be terrible, but have faith. Or else vote for the socialist RATS to provide you with a job for life --I hear the NEA and the government employees unions are all supporting the RATS this election, as always.

[Senator Pardek]

Serious question - does fractal trading work?

[Willie Green]

Or else vote for the socialist RATS to provide you with a job for life --I hear the NEA and the government employees unions are all supporting the RATS this election, as always.

Would you care to explain how The Shrub's trade and Immigration policies differ significantly from Klintoon's???

Or maybe how he fought the NEA and cut the budget of the Department of Education???

OOOOPS!!! He didn't cut the Department of Education's budget, did he???

[Fractal Trader]

I forgot -- you are waiting to get a new job when the RATS come to office and go for those public spending boondoggles you keep on pining for: high speed and maglev trains.

How on earth do you consider yoursalf a conservative member of FR given the nature of all your posts. IMHO you are a mean, dispirited unemployed type and stand no chance of getting another job unless it IS on the government dole.

BTW, I hear that you can only get jobs on government supported projects if you pimp with the RATS who would employ you.