Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 31st May 2006 22:32 UTC
Sun Microsystems will fire up to 5000 workers this year, as the company tries to cut costs and make it easier to post quarterly profits. All told, Sun expects to cleave off between 11 per cent and 13 per cent of its 37500 person workforce. The firings mark the first mass layoff to take place under new CEO Jonathan Schwartz. Sun has historically been reluctant to let go of staff, despite Wall Street's constant calls to trim costs via layoffs. CNet has more.
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Since the time that any given company becomes over staffed. While I certainly wouldn't like to be one of those 5000 people being fired, I can see the reasoning behind downsizing. Furthermore, in the long term, downsizing is the only solution for all of Sun's employees. If you avoid reducing costs, eventually the whole firm will collapse.
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2006-01-26
Is the use of the word "fire" and phrase "cleave off" a bit crude, if not sensationalist? When I think of someone getting fired (or sacked), it is because of something they did (or didn't do) with regard to company policy or their individual job requirements. This seems like another jab at Sun to paint them as the bad guys. A reduction in Sun's overall number of employee's is something everyone has been expecting for quite some time now and seems like a good move to me.
The new Sun is really starting to turn heads again. They have done a good job of winning back the techies with their recent hardware line up, Solaris 10 and renewed focus on OSS. Now they are getting the business types to take another look too. This is all good news for Sun.