Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

["Steven T. Hatton" <hattons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 11 November 2005 04:55 pm, jfweber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> IN a tightening economy the first thing companies seem to do to make
> Wall Street happy ( and keep their stock prices up ) is at least
> announce a lay off. Which of course sounds good to those * Street*
> folks thinking that the "fat" is being trimmed..  It isn't middle
> management usually is safe, upper management is Sacrosanct and can't be
> touched .. that leaves secretaries, and the grunts.. ( you know, those
> of the rest who work for their living ;-D )

This is the (new) American way.

> Two or three of the upper middle management or top management would save
> the company the same dollar amount. Especially if you include those
> absurd Golden or platinum "parachutes"  But the logic of not getting
> rid of those idiots is, they would have to hire someone else at about
> the same money 

Why?  I suspect it has more to do whit the "I could be next" fear.  Greed 
before honour.

> .. and better the dog you know, I guess.. 

In Japan they kill themselves when they fail.

Steven