What do you know...
1 posted on
12/27/2002 6:44:06 AM PST by
vannrox
To: vannrox
What's the status of the workers since March 2002, when this was originally published?
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
more woes for CA, I presume
3 posted on
12/27/2002 6:50:05 AM PST by
randita
To: vannrox
That makes sense. When you merge with someone else already in the space you are playing in, part of the advantage of a merge is the potential for reduced labor costs.
4 posted on
12/27/2002 7:00:03 AM PST by
krb
To: vannrox
The merged company will adopt Compaq's ability to make quick decisions while retaining HP's engineer-like culture, McKinney said.
The only thing Carly will be able to make quick engineering decisions about is which engineers to lay off. Dave would have canned her faster than John Young.
5 posted on
12/27/2002 8:04:47 AM PST by
sasquatch
To: vannrox
20% layoff equals 20% increase in Profits.Hell.. lay 'em ALL off and get 100% profits!!!
8 posted on
12/27/2002 9:07:12 AM PST by
Elsie
To: vannrox
HP to Layoff entire Engineering Design Teams. - Cites 20% layoff equals 20% increase in Profits.
And just think how much money the Ford Motor Company could have made by now (the Edsel notwithstanding) if they had just stuck with the Model T and not wasted profits on design teams.
11 posted on
12/27/2002 10:06:31 AM PST by
aruanan
To: vannrox
If they were smart, they would dump everyone from Compaq and keep everyone from HP. This is a case of one very bad company (Compaq) merging with an excellent one.
12 posted on
12/27/2002 10:50:17 AM PST by
BJungNan
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