When I was laid off from a Northern Virginia telecom in 2001 they touted it as helping strengthen the company and position it more competitively in the marketplace. But when the ax comes down on YOU, do you really care how well the company does or doesn't do? Of course not! Who the hell cares, they dissed you and that's that. Everyone is expendible these days, like so many pieces of meat scraps, tossed aside for the betterment of the almighty corporation.
In AOL's case they're cheering that it's not as many layoffs as expected. What a buch of crap.
AOL laid off more than 450 employees at its corporate headquarters yesterday as part of plans announced earlier this year to cut costs and change the company's business strategy.
The Dulles company said it was not cutting as many jobs locally as originally anticipated. In August, AOL executives said that about 1,000 of the 5,000 jobs to be cut worldwide would be local. Including yesterday's cuts, AOL has eliminated fewer than 600 positions in Northern Virginia...
The layoffs come at a time when AOL is undergoing perhaps its biggest challenge ever -- to transform the business plan that built the company. AOL now offers its services free through its Web site and is moving to make its money from advertising instead of subscriptions...
AOL also is trying to shed its image as a company with poor customer service after some members complained that AOL had made it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions. Yesterday, AOL reached a settlement with the Florida attorney general over service complaints and agreed to reimburse some customers.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/13/AR2006121301328.html?referrer=email
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