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Layoff = Bonus
1. Fire Employees
2. Wall Street pumps up stock price
3. Executives cash-in stock options

Simple MBA economics

The end result will be like so many former great American companies, HP will either no longer be in existence ten years from now or they will be a small niche company.

Billy-boy Gates is complaining about the lack of qualified engineers in the U.S. Too bad HP apparently never hired qualified engineers. If they did then certainly Sir Bill's rants would be answered. I'm sorry, I forgot that the definition of qualified means willing to work 60+ hours per week for $5,000 USD annually. My bad.
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Unemployed and living in California  Roger Ramjet | 07/19/05
Quite a testament to failure  Protector | 07/19/05
failure may be innocent - corruption is not  dmennie | 07/25/05
why?  cedes@... | 09/02/05
Half true  mabricen | 07/19/05
IT Industry Had Better Watch These Mass Layoffs  itanalyst | 07/19/05
14,500 less people fueling the economy  Protector | 07/19/05
not quite....  Levelhead | 07/19/05
Current Corporate Mentality  lchurch2@... | 07/21/05
Catch-22  jjjslater@... | 07/20/05
Shrinking Their Way to Success?  PMC-CON | 07/19/05
Yes, But Would You Have The Guts To Lay Off 14,500?  itanalyst | 07/19/05
They need to snap  thirstydog@... | 07/19/05
These CEOs don't have a conscience  ebrke | 07/20/05
Remember MA Bell?ATT?Bell LAbs?  OldTimer1 | 07/19/05
Thanks for Sharing Your Example  PMC-CON | 07/19/05
True, how true.  jelloslug | 07/20/05
Me first in America  Yenelli | 07/21/05
Success  SC-man | 07/19/05
Very good point  GoPower | 07/19/05
Layoff = Bonus  Art Royce | 07/19/05
I knew some IDIOT would bring MS/Gates into it...  John Zern | 07/19/05
Redmond and Issaquah  Yenelli | 07/21/05
Microsoft hired.  Anton Philidor | 07/19/05
But the same company is guilty  Linux User 147560 | 07/19/05
Does Hurd work for HP or is it IBM & Dell  Old-DEC | 07/19/05
Yet yesterday ......  Linux_4u! | 07/19/05
Are You Serious??  itanalyst | 07/19/05
Here ya go  Real World | 07/19/05
15 mil  SC-man | 07/19/05
schools and what they teach  russell858@... | 07/19/05
Funny you should mention Harvard.  enduser_z | 07/19/05
Little Correction  bka1959 | 07/19/05
BOYCOTT HP PRODUCTS  itanalyst | 07/19/05
I'm with ya on this one  Protector | 07/19/05
It's not the CEO...  Anton Philidor | 07/19/05
Doesn't Matter, CEO Pays The CIO's Salary  itanalyst | 07/19/05
CEO's make more than CIO's.  Anton Philidor | 07/19/05
NO MORE HP  IT-sys | 07/19/05
Funny HP Door Prize - 8M(!) USB Flash Drive  PMC-CON | 07/19/05
That's funny  akishet2004 | 07/20/05
Boycott HP  aforencich | 07/20/05
Brother is by my side  akishet2004 | 07/20/05
If Anyone Wants To Contact Mark Hurd And Give Him Your Two Cents  itanalyst | 07/19/05
Letter I Just Sent To Mark Hurd  itanalyst | 07/19/05
Like he's goingto read it  thirstydog@... | 07/19/05
Great letter  BXLE | 07/20/05
Letter I Just Sent To Mark Hurd  ew0k1 | 07/20/05
hit the nail on the head  pesky_z | 07/19/05
HEY!! I think we're on to something here ...  Eggs Ackley_z | 07/19/05
Idealist?  mabricen | 07/19/05
Typical Lib Response.  richardpor | 07/19/05
Yeah, And How Long Do You Think He'll Last Before He Tanks The Company?  itanalyst | 07/19/05
Longer than six months...  Anton Philidor | 07/19/05
What savings?  ExCorpGuy | 07/20/05
You're almost completely right...  Anton Philidor | 07/20/05
Typical blind meme. Here's the sad reality so drop the politics:  HypnoToad | 07/19/05
What hogwash!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/05
And every time they vote for Bush.  Atlant | 07/20/05
Politics Again -- Never See Cons Complain?  PMC-CON | 07/19/05
Fun Factoid Of The Day  itanalyst | 07/19/05
An excellent move...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/05
Nice try, Ax  Real World | 07/19/05
You almost got it...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/05
No sir, I got it  Real World | 07/19/05
Gee, have you seen their financials?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/05
So you propose what?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/05
You have to put it in perspective for them  John Zern | 07/19/05
If they had their life savings invested...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/05
If my life savings were in HP stock...  Anton Philidor | 07/19/05
As per usual, you're missing the point  Real World | 07/19/05
Made the case to who?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/05
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst | 07/19/05
What planet do you live on?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/05
Making an assumption.  Anton Philidor | 07/19/05
Not true at all Anton...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/05
You're talking about business strategies...  Anton Philidor | 07/19/05
Re: Assumption  BXLE | 07/20/05
You're right.  Anton Philidor | 07/20/05
Stockholders are not the company...  Anton Philidor | 07/19/05
In a weird way yes...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/05
How do these shareholders communicate?  Anton Philidor | 07/19/05
Anton:  Real World | 07/20/05
In theory, companies care about long-term...  Anton Philidor | 07/20/05
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst | 07/19/05
And probably the very thing that will kill  ebrke | 07/20/05
What really toasts my nuggets  Justcauz | 07/20/05
nice call adolf  toxicfreak | 07/19/05
Excellant?  BXLE | 07/20/05
old days  flatworlddf | 07/20/05
Something are wrong  mabricen | 07/20/05
Making such desions are very, very tough.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/05
Understood, but...  Anton Philidor | 07/19/05
Time is money...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/19/05
More accurate scenario  Anton Philidor | 07/19/05
Who says they haven't?  zspai | 07/20/05
agree  flatworlddf | 07/20/05
HP vs Institutional Investors  Freeloading | 07/19/05
cuts in service  pfs_inc | 07/19/05
no problem  pesky_z | 07/19/05
M$ have problem with sales  toxicfreak | 07/19/05
**** hit the worng button  toxicfreak | 07/19/05
10.0 -- Mike Cox Look Out!  PMC-CON | 07/19/05
A different perspective  akrman | 07/19/05
Typical Corp Greed  doctordawg | 07/20/05
Re: Typical Corp Greed  BXLE | 07/20/05
Turd as leader  flatworlddf | 07/20/05
Not surprising  systemBuilder_z | 07/20/05
Fiorina killed the HP Way, so watch out!  theoldman59 | 07/20/05
If everyone on this board...  elliemk@... | 07/20/05
Wrong way forward  heystoopid | 07/20/05
New Bosses Always Say Restructure  grinnerwolf@... | 07/20/05
but: Right way backwards ? (nt)  michael_t | 07/21/05
We can change a world getting smaller in a global economy  erdeckys@... | 07/20/05
Flat World/Sales  flatworlddf | 07/20/05
Globalization 3.0 of the individual  erdeckys@... | 07/20/05
x-box vs. study  flatworlddf | 07/20/05
Must agree  theoldman59 | 07/21/05
Another Case of Corporate Greediness  rdelaplaza-at-hotmail.com | 07/21/05
Looking back  mrobzo | 07/21/05
I wonder which HP MODEL they used ? .... (nt)  michael_t | 07/21/05
Vista....  docare69 | 07/22/05
Best Headline I've Read In Years!! - Kudos!!  mmorrison@... | 07/25/05

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