San Jose Mercury News: Adobe Systems to cut 680 jobs

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Adobe Systems to cut 680 jobs

By Brandon Bailey
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Posted: 11/10/2009 01:49:37 PM PST
Updated: 11/11/2009 08:16:25 AM PST


Adobe Systems announced Tuesday that it will cut 680 jobs, including about 300 in the Bay Area, in what analysts viewed as an effort to boost profit margins after a mostly lackluster year.

The cuts represent about 9 percent of the global work force at the San Jose-based software company, which makes editing, design and Web development tools. A spokeswoman said about 200 of the job cuts will occur at the company's San Jose offices and an additional 100 at other Bay Area locations.

Adobe, which has seen its sales sag during the recession, announced an earlier round of 600 layoffs in December 2008, and subsequently said it would close down North American operations for three weeks as a cost-cutting move during the current year.

The company disclosed the latest layoffs in a regulatory filing that said the move was intended "to align our costs in connection with our 2010 operating plan." ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_13755683

[Amerigo Vespucci]

1. Adobe hasn't gotten a penny from me since CS2...

...and I'm sure there are others who can say the same.

I use these tools for a living, designing Websites and creating desktop publishing pieces / business cards / etc...

I have the final Macromedia suite, Studio 8, and was foolish enough to buy EACH upgrade component of Adobe Creative Suite 2 individually, rather than the suite upgrade itself...which means they hose you on future upgrades.

But the economy pretty much killed what used to be faithful, regular upgrades IMMEDIATELY upon their release.

The reality is that I can do my job, and quite well, with the tools that I have, and the obligatory "workflow improvements" don't really entice me, because I don't need them, plain and simple.

So take the $1500+ I would have spent on the last two suites, multiply that by every other person who does what I do for a living and is in a similar situation, and you get "Adobe layoffs."

It's too bad, because they will kill of some talented and hard working people while holding onto overpaid space-wasters, just like every other company that lays people off...and all I can say is "Welcome to 2009."