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I have seen this happened and I've heard it happening
left and right. As soon as the first round of layoffs hits the fan, it is exactly the better skilled people who get POed and start looking for better or more secure positions elsewhere.

The bigest problem is when entire divisions are simply "restructured out of existence" just because some "bright" MBA calculated the "cost saving" benefits. I have seen divisions in large companies (Oil Services Indusrty) pretty much eliminated even though they were developing / supporting the ONLY profitable s/w packages.

Some dufooses had the bright idea that a complex s/w pacckage that took 10 YEARS to bring to its current state, could be .... easily offshored to India almost overnight ! After two YEARS of wasting 10s of millions they realized that the COST to repair the LOWER quality was NOT worth it and they "froze" the outsourcing with some loud statements of the source: ``our outsourcing objectives were met (?), so now we are stopping (!) the outsourcing until further notice'' !!!
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It's time to cut head count at Intel when ...  A.Typical Zork | 07/13/06
It makes good sense to CUT AWAY the FAT and leave only  michael_t | 07/13/06
It's also a great way to cripple your  maxo_z | 07/13/06
I used to work at Intel  BroGnorik | 07/13/06
I have seen this happened and I've heard it happening  michael_t | 07/13/06
Get The Word Out  savatar | 07/13/06
Outsourcing software  Linux User 147460 | 07/13/06
Middle management  ANUBUS | 07/13/06
That is SOOO old-school  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/13/06
Beginning of the end for Intel........?  yogeee | 07/13/06
Mistakes?  jim62@... | 07/13/06
Think AMD....  Sysop1984 | 07/13/06
You missed the point  voska | 07/14/06
Message has been deleted.  rforys@... | 07/13/06
If you don't like it...  dba88 | 07/13/06
Eh?  Langalibalene | 07/13/06
Works Both Ways.  savatar | 07/13/06
Oh... so Intel also make CPU's? :-p (nt)  Castanet | 07/13/06
At Will Employment is not Intel's problem  tim@... | 07/13/06
Get real  frabjous | 07/15/06
Otellini , Barrett created this mess  Prognosticator | 07/13/06
Conroe can't save 'em now...  techboy_z | 07/13/06
Field trials  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/13/06
You got links? The final product doesn't get released for 2 weeks  georgeou | 07/14/06
Link  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/14/06
George  zkiwi | 07/15/06
Back that up....  techboy_z | 07/13/06
You're in denial, junior  Prognosticator | 07/13/06
can't really be in denial...  Monkey_MCSE | 07/13/06
AMD recent comments on Conroe  Prognosticator | 07/14/06
This isn't just at Intel...  techboy_z | 07/13/06
Best-case scenario  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/13/06
It is the vicious cycle of MBAs hiring other MBAs to  michael_t | 07/13/06
Hmmm, guess the tech field needs a course on  maldain | 07/14/06
amd vs intel  willowreed@... | 07/13/06
As usual, though  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/13/06
OMG, managers being put to the sword too?  HypnoToad | 07/13/06
Greed is Good (nt)  savatar | 07/13/06
Intel has many problems. Here are a few.  Jake Danger | 07/13/06
Remotely true  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/13/06
Ah yes. You are so correct.  Jake Danger | 07/13/06
As with 1,000 lawyers ...  Tsu Dho Nimh | 07/13/06
China development is the secret  Linux User 147460 | 07/13/06
gives excuse for future failures  not of this world | 07/13/06
Numbers game  Anton Philidor | 07/13/06
Very well put!  enduser_z | 07/14/06
Endgame.  Anton Philidor | 07/14/06
Gold ol' boy syndrome  Jake Danger | 07/14/06
Techno Manager Vs General Managers  abrachan@... | 07/13/06
Whose ox?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 07/14/06
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Whatever  opensourcepro | 07/14/06
Just Great  Roger Ramjet | 07/14/06
You are totally correct.  Jake Danger | 07/14/06
a slightly off-topic note . . .  CobraA1 | 07/14/06
Surgical removal or the Axe....  jlamonsnwa | 07/14/06
A word  Jake Danger | 07/15/06
A sad story  Joseph22 | 07/16/06
doom and gloom  raunchy | 07/17/06
doom and gloom  raunchy | 07/17/06
rocket science  raunchy | 07/17/06
why indeed  raunchy | 07/17/06
but does it apply  raunchy | 07/17/06
amen  raunchy | 07/17/06
bravo  raunchy | 07/17/06
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