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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 09:33 AM Original message |
HP to slash 14,500 jobs |
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Puzzler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oh yeah? |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 09:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yeah. No kiddin' |
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wallwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
3. But don't worry. Wal-Mart is hiring. So there is no net job loss. |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 09:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Sooooo, next time I can't get my HP printer to talk to my computer ... |
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wallwriter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 10:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Nah, you'll be patched through to India. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 09:40 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. "And the (much) higher long distance fee will be yours to pay." |
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wli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
5. see motherjones' "sinister paradise" story |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
6. 14,500 jobs. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 12:02 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I wonder |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 03:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. but the middle class in Asia is growing and they will buy the goods |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:53 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. I was just talking to a friend about a statistic we never see. |
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Why Syzygy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 08:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. It seems obvious doesn't it? n/t |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
7. Big print: "JOBS SLASHED" .. small print: "pension changes." |
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newportdadde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 10:30 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Sounds like they raised the age limit you can have to retire with medical |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
20. You know there's a rat there. |
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shantipriya (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. HP Job Cuts |
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stanwyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. Shrub's buddies are making out |
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davidinalameda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
11. HP plans to cut 14,500 jobs |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 10:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. hmmm -- ''giant''? |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
13. The economy is strong and getting stronger! |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. I'm guessing they can sell shit on e-bay or somesuch. |
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Kelvin Mace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. What do you say we drop |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
18. On and on.... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 03:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Yes, absolutely...this economy is being killed by big business, |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. What you said.... |
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midnight armadillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. Let's not forget to thank Carly Fiorina for this |
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Chicago Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
23. HP has (had, I guess) THE BEST product and customer support IMO |
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pelagius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm a bitter (but getting better) ex-Silicon Valley guy... |
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Robert Oak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 05:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. CEO is the FAT |
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niallmac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 09:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Wow, 14,500 were doing nothing. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. CIO gets a hiring pay rate equivalent to 1,000 per lost job |
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nwliberalkiwi (82 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. CEO Compensation? |
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Eastside Blue (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
31. Local news website ... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
32. Just before this announcement, they hired ONE person w/ a $15 mil salary. |
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osaMABUSh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 09:14 PM Response to Original message |
33. Where I work, PNC Bank, stated today it is cutting 3,000 jobs |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 09:20 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. And that is disgustingly common these days |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
37. Bring it on! |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
38. Look at that * job machine go! |
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jeanmarc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 11:42 PM Response to Original message |
39. That analyst is a moron |
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Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-19-05 11:44 PM Response to Original message |
40. One point that we're overlooking here: not all the cuts will be in the US |
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