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At least the sales staff have been recognized.
An earlier article about HP layoffs had said sales staff were vulnerable. The same article observed that HP realized its weakness was not selling well. This seemed a good example of the rule of reduction:

If a company has a problem, the answer is to lay off the people who can solve it.

But the rule of reduction is probably being applied to segments of HP other than sales.

I hope the company does not eat its seed corn.
A prior HP article had noted that R&D was already limited by what would produce a product for sale in a short time. Laying off R&D staff would be disastrous for HP, I think. It's the Wall Street recommendation for Sun and I'm sure it would help HP's stock price. It would also bring down the company.
Posted by: Anton Philidor   Posted on: 07/15/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Guess that shoots the crap out of an earlier story  Squawkbox | 07/14/05
Interestingly enough...  John L. Ries | 07/14/05
Thanks John  Squawkbox | 07/14/05
Nope  mabricen | 07/15/05
Blew that!  John L. Ries | 07/15/05
Another Correction sorry  mabricen | 07/15/05
Steve Jobs biography  Anton Philidor | 07/15/05
Thanks Gents and ladies(?) (ya never know)  Squawkbox | 07/15/05
With 15~20,000 new ones in India being announced in a month or two?  HypnoToad | 07/14/05
HP's for some reason reminds me of  michael_t | 07/14/05
I don't think it's as serious as all that, Michael.  mustangj36@... | 07/14/05
Marketing driven companies grow faster  mlindl | 07/15/05
Wall Street likes layoffs.  Anton Philidor | 07/15/05
Low pay does not = high profitability  furl12@... | 07/15/05
Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear enough in  mustangj36@... | 07/15/05
Why can't I find a way to really like this company?  mlindl | 07/15/05
My HP rep  Roger Ramjet | 07/15/05
What if Steve Jobs came over to HP!  Reverend MacFellow | 07/15/05
The heavy lift...  mabricen | 07/15/05
At least the sales staff have been recognized.  Anton Philidor | 07/15/05
Walmart Shoppers Rejoice!!!  Paco20 | 07/15/05
...and the good news is...  Art Royce | 07/16/05

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