Where the Layoffs Are—Is Your Firm on the List?

[Coronita]

[quote=WestCoastNole]HP is cutting positions big-time – My ex-landlord ( I could not stand the neighbors and am still holding out for sane pricing before I buy) works there – His division cut 50% of staff and he was given 2 months to find another position or be laid off …

And the hits just keep on coming …[/quote]

HP today is not HP back in the early 90ies.
HP in the 90ies was one of the most sought after companies by geeks, since they generally treated geeks pretty well.

Hell started to break lose after Carly Fiorina took it over, and now that Mark Hurd is at the helm, it’s great for shareholders, but sucky for employees. Kinda like what happened when he ran NCR.

A few colleagues applied to a few “open positions” here in the U.S. only to make the positions really difficult to get (standard HP interviews from the 90ies). When they did manage to get the job, then they were greated with a sub-standard compensation package (significantly sub-standard) such that they declined. Meanwhile, it’s funny that they want to hire H1-B or overseas because “they can’t find anyone capable and willing to fill the position”… Go figure…Brilliant from a hardline business perspective. In fact, even so in this economy because so many people have to take this sh1t (some of us still don’t though).

HP should definitely be on the list of employers to avoid. No matter… They don’t care anyway.

That’s why I generally boycott their products, except their printers. I believe when you buy a printer, they actually lose money on the printer, but the make up for it in the ink cartridges/supplies. So I circumvent that by buying generic refillable cartridges so that HP can lose money on the printer and never get a dime out of me on the ink/paper sales.

[svelte]

Wow, flu, I could have written some of your post on HP!

I remember the days when CSCI grads lusted over jobs at HP. HP employees were high quality, intelligent, well-dressed and professional. The work was fun and they were well compensated.

I’ve talked to and worked with many HPers over the years and their morale has been heading south and is now extremely bad. No longer do they beam with pride over their employer. Now they’ll give you an earful if they think they are off the record.

So sad.

I’m less sure on who to blame for the situation…I’m not as sure it is as clear-cut as you think.

[svelte]

Wow, flu, I could have written some of your post on HP!

I remember the days when CSCI grads lusted over jobs at HP. HP employees were high quality, intelligent, well-dressed and professional. The work was fun and they were well compensated.

I’ve talked to and worked with many HPers over the years and their morale has been heading south and is now extremely bad. No longer do they beam with pride over their employer. Now they’ll give you an earful if they think they are off the record.

So sad.

I’m less sure on who to blame for the situation…I’m not as sure it is as clear-cut as you think.

[svelte]

Wow, flu, I could have written some of your post on HP!

I remember the days when CSCI grads lusted over jobs at HP. HP employees were high quality, intelligent, well-dressed and professional. The work was fun and they were well compensated.

I’ve talked to and worked with many HPers over the years and their morale has been heading south and is now extremely bad. No longer do they beam with pride over their employer. Now they’ll give you an earful if they think they are off the record.

So sad.

I’m less sure on who to blame for the situation…I’m not as sure it is as clear-cut as you think.

[svelte]

Wow, flu, I could have written some of your post on HP!

I remember the days when CSCI grads lusted over jobs at HP. HP employees were high quality, intelligent, well-dressed and professional. The work was fun and they were well compensated.

I’ve talked to and worked with many HPers over the years and their morale has been heading south and is now extremely bad. No longer do they beam with pride over their employer. Now they’ll give you an earful if they think they are off the record.

So sad.

I’m less sure on who to blame for the situation…I’m not as sure it is as clear-cut as you think.

[svelte]

Wow, flu, I could have written some of your post on HP!

I remember the days when CSCI grads lusted over jobs at HP. HP employees were high quality, intelligent, well-dressed and professional. The work was fun and they were well compensated.

I’ve talked to and worked with many HPers over the years and their morale has been heading south and is now extremely bad. No longer do they beam with pride over their employer. Now they’ll give you an earful if they think they are off the record.

So sad.

I’m less sure on who to blame for the situation…I’m not as sure it is as clear-cut as you think.

[DWCAP]

[quote=donaldduckmoore]how is the biotech industry job market in SD doing? Do we see any hiring recently?[/quote]

My company picked up a few people, mostly Phds from the implodes we had, but we also got 1 new college undergrad just for s&g’s.

I dont see too much on the job boards, but it isnt nearly as bad as it was 6 months ago. Every now and then a good job or two hits my radar, not that I am trying to leave or anything. 6 months ago it was like a every company just fell off the face of the Earth.

[DWCAP]

[quote=donaldduckmoore]how is the biotech industry job market in SD doing? Do we see any hiring recently?[/quote]

My company picked up a few people, mostly Phds from the implodes we had, but we also got 1 new college undergrad just for s&g’s.

I dont see too much on the job boards, but it isnt nearly as bad as it was 6 months ago. Every now and then a good job or two hits my radar, not that I am trying to leave or anything. 6 months ago it was like a every company just fell off the face of the Earth.

[DWCAP]

[quote=donaldduckmoore]how is the biotech industry job market in SD doing? Do we see any hiring recently?[/quote]

My company picked up a few people, mostly Phds from the implodes we had, but we also got 1 new college undergrad just for s&g’s.

I dont see too much on the job boards, but it isnt nearly as bad as it was 6 months ago. Every now and then a good job or two hits my radar, not that I am trying to leave or anything. 6 months ago it was like a every company just fell off the face of the Earth.

[DWCAP]

[quote=donaldduckmoore]how is the biotech industry job market in SD doing? Do we see any hiring recently?[/quote]

My company picked up a few people, mostly Phds from the implodes we had, but we also got 1 new college undergrad just for s&g’s.

I dont see too much on the job boards, but it isnt nearly as bad as it was 6 months ago. Every now and then a good job or two hits my radar, not that I am trying to leave or anything. 6 months ago it was like a every company just fell off the face of the Earth.

[DWCAP]

[quote=donaldduckmoore]how is the biotech industry job market in SD doing? Do we see any hiring recently?[/quote]

My company picked up a few people, mostly Phds from the implodes we had, but we also got 1 new college undergrad just for s&g’s.

I dont see too much on the job boards, but it isnt nearly as bad as it was 6 months ago. Every now and then a good job or two hits my radar, not that I am trying to leave or anything. 6 months ago it was like a every company just fell off the face of the Earth.

[Coronita]

[quote=flu]F-22 program just got trimmed today. I wonder what impact that will have on Lockhead/martin.

Anyway, imho this is just the start of the unwind in the defense sector for big time defense co…almost like a repeat of the late 80ies and early nineties my parents and their generation went to through the boom bust boom of the defense industry.

Slightly good news is I’m seeing hardware/chip stuff picking up in smaller firms in parts of CA…co’s with business play in asia, which hopefully means that other parts of the commercial tech sector is not too far behind, particularly in NorCal.[/quote]

Hijack. I did call this back in July,especially demand coming from Asia…We shall see if these really are green shoots or just smoke and mirrors. Regardless, if your company doesn’t derive a majority business overseas now and moving forward, it’s time to find a new employer imho.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/TSMC-UMC-July-sales-show-rb-2347619882.html?x=0&.v=1

TSMC, UMC July sales show rising chip demand

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Rising July sales at TSMC (Taiwan:2330.TW – News) and UMC (Taiwan:2303.TW – News), the world’s two biggest contract chip makers, provided further evidence of reviving demand for computers and other consumer gadgets.

Both Taiwanese firms’ sales were in line with market expectations as they flagged a stronger third quarter and raised capital spending forecasts for this year.

Analysts said sector leader TSMC (NYSE:TSM – News) used advanced process technology to churn out more chips for its customers as a new crop of laptops and mobile phones requiring powerful chips hit store shelves.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) said on Monday it had unconsolidated sales of T$30.28 billion ($923 million) last month, flat from a year ago but the largest monthly amount in nearly one year.

TSMC earns nearly half of its revenue from chips for communications products such as cellphones and counts Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN – News) and Nvidia (NasdaqGS:NVDA – News) among its major clients.

On the same day after the Taipei stock market closed, United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) said its July sales reached T$8.81 billion, their highest since November, 2007.

[Coronita]

[quote=flu]F-22 program just got trimmed today. I wonder what impact that will have on Lockhead/martin.

Anyway, imho this is just the start of the unwind in the defense sector for big time defense co…almost like a repeat of the late 80ies and early nineties my parents and their generation went to through the boom bust boom of the defense industry.

Slightly good news is I’m seeing hardware/chip stuff picking up in smaller firms in parts of CA…co’s with business play in asia, which hopefully means that other parts of the commercial tech sector is not too far behind, particularly in NorCal.[/quote]

Hijack. I did call this back in July,especially demand coming from Asia…We shall see if these really are green shoots or just smoke and mirrors. Regardless, if your company doesn’t derive a majority business overseas now and moving forward, it’s time to find a new employer imho.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/TSMC-UMC-July-sales-show-rb-2347619882.html?x=0&.v=1

TSMC, UMC July sales show rising chip demand

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Rising July sales at TSMC (Taiwan:2330.TW – News) and UMC (Taiwan:2303.TW – News), the world’s two biggest contract chip makers, provided further evidence of reviving demand for computers and other consumer gadgets.

Both Taiwanese firms’ sales were in line with market expectations as they flagged a stronger third quarter and raised capital spending forecasts for this year.

Analysts said sector leader TSMC (NYSE:TSM – News) used advanced process technology to churn out more chips for its customers as a new crop of laptops and mobile phones requiring powerful chips hit store shelves.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) said on Monday it had unconsolidated sales of T$30.28 billion ($923 million) last month, flat from a year ago but the largest monthly amount in nearly one year.

TSMC earns nearly half of its revenue from chips for communications products such as cellphones and counts Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN – News) and Nvidia (NasdaqGS:NVDA – News) among its major clients.

On the same day after the Taipei stock market closed, United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) said its July sales reached T$8.81 billion, their highest since November, 2007.

[Coronita]

[quote=flu]F-22 program just got trimmed today. I wonder what impact that will have on Lockhead/martin.

Anyway, imho this is just the start of the unwind in the defense sector for big time defense co…almost like a repeat of the late 80ies and early nineties my parents and their generation went to through the boom bust boom of the defense industry.

Slightly good news is I’m seeing hardware/chip stuff picking up in smaller firms in parts of CA…co’s with business play in asia, which hopefully means that other parts of the commercial tech sector is not too far behind, particularly in NorCal.[/quote]

Hijack. I did call this back in July,especially demand coming from Asia…We shall see if these really are green shoots or just smoke and mirrors. Regardless, if your company doesn’t derive a majority business overseas now and moving forward, it’s time to find a new employer imho.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/TSMC-UMC-July-sales-show-rb-2347619882.html?x=0&.v=1

TSMC, UMC July sales show rising chip demand

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Rising July sales at TSMC (Taiwan:2330.TW – News) and UMC (Taiwan:2303.TW – News), the world’s two biggest contract chip makers, provided further evidence of reviving demand for computers and other consumer gadgets.

Both Taiwanese firms’ sales were in line with market expectations as they flagged a stronger third quarter and raised capital spending forecasts for this year.

Analysts said sector leader TSMC (NYSE:TSM – News) used advanced process technology to churn out more chips for its customers as a new crop of laptops and mobile phones requiring powerful chips hit store shelves.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) said on Monday it had unconsolidated sales of T$30.28 billion ($923 million) last month, flat from a year ago but the largest monthly amount in nearly one year.

TSMC earns nearly half of its revenue from chips for communications products such as cellphones and counts Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN – News) and Nvidia (NasdaqGS:NVDA – News) among its major clients.

On the same day after the Taipei stock market closed, United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) said its July sales reached T$8.81 billion, their highest since November, 2007.

[Coronita]

[quote=flu]F-22 program just got trimmed today. I wonder what impact that will have on Lockhead/martin.

Anyway, imho this is just the start of the unwind in the defense sector for big time defense co…almost like a repeat of the late 80ies and early nineties my parents and their generation went to through the boom bust boom of the defense industry.

Slightly good news is I’m seeing hardware/chip stuff picking up in smaller firms in parts of CA…co’s with business play in asia, which hopefully means that other parts of the commercial tech sector is not too far behind, particularly in NorCal.[/quote]

Hijack. I did call this back in July,especially demand coming from Asia…We shall see if these really are green shoots or just smoke and mirrors. Regardless, if your company doesn’t derive a majority business overseas now and moving forward, it’s time to find a new employer imho.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/TSMC-UMC-July-sales-show-rb-2347619882.html?x=0&.v=1

TSMC, UMC July sales show rising chip demand

TAIPEI (Reuters) – Rising July sales at TSMC (Taiwan:2330.TW – News) and UMC (Taiwan:2303.TW – News), the world’s two biggest contract chip makers, provided further evidence of reviving demand for computers and other consumer gadgets.

Both Taiwanese firms’ sales were in line with market expectations as they flagged a stronger third quarter and raised capital spending forecasts for this year.

Analysts said sector leader TSMC (NYSE:TSM – News) used advanced process technology to churn out more chips for its customers as a new crop of laptops and mobile phones requiring powerful chips hit store shelves.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) said on Monday it had unconsolidated sales of T$30.28 billion ($923 million) last month, flat from a year ago but the largest monthly amount in nearly one year.

TSMC earns nearly half of its revenue from chips for communications products such as cellphones and counts Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN – News) and Nvidia (NasdaqGS:NVDA – News) among its major clients.

On the same day after the Taipei stock market closed, United Microelectronics Corp (UMC) said its July sales reached T$8.81 billion, their highest since November, 2007.

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