Comments on: Motorola’s Problems: Firing 2,600 employees edition http://www.intomobile.com/2008/04/05/motorolas-problems-firing-2600-employees-edition.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:23:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Ifitsuddenlyendedtomorrow http://www.intomobile.com/2008/04/05/motorolas-problems-firing-2600-employees-edition.html/comment-page-1/#comment-190981 Ifitsuddenlyendedtomorrow Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:31:02 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2008/04/05/motorolas-problems-firing-2600-employees-edition.html#comment-190981 The Wimax layoff occurred on March 26 with 350 out the door. Within days Foxconn, RIM, Microsoft, Freescale, and Qualcomm arranged job fairs and are considering starting design centers. These people were the best of the best Motorola had. There was no rhyme or reason. Still today, the "bottom 10%" of employees, which Motorola HR strived to identify over the last 5 years , still walk the halls. The Wimax layoff occurred on March 26 with 350 out the door. Within days Foxconn, RIM, Microsoft, Freescale, and Qualcomm arranged job fairs and are considering starting design centers.

These people were the best of the best Motorola had. There was no rhyme or reason. Still today, the “bottom 10%” of employees, which Motorola HR strived to identify over the last 5 years , still walk the halls.

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