Last week HP laid off 14,500 people and most determined that this was actually a good thing. In a way I think most of us have forgotten how hard a layoff of this size can be on any organization and how disruptive a drawn out process can be. At the same time, however, my heart goes out to the HP employees who have to live through this as, having lived through a massive layoff myself, it is incredibly stressful.
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Morale Is Good: HP, Google and Microsoft
Posted by: Rob Enderle July 25, 2005 05:00 AMLast week HP laid off 14,500 people and most determined that this was actually a good thing. In a way I think most of us have forgotten how hard a layoff of this size can be on any organization and how disruptive a drawn out process can be. At the same time, however, my heart goes out to the HP employees who have to live through this as, having lived through a massive layoff myself, it is incredibly stressful.