Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Boston Globe: Avid Laying off 120

I'm not going to comment on layoffs beyond pointing out that Avid did not a
"last hired, first fired" approach. This stuff's painful and a lot of
thought went into what positions could be sacrificed.

On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Robert Lawson <avidrhl@gmail.com> wrote:

> The last layoff I heard about was across the board - last hired, first
> fired, so to speak.
>
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> Rob Lawson
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> CBS News
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> On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 7:34 AM, switthaus <switthaus@mac.com> wrote:
> > any idea of what "type" got laid off?
> >
> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "oliverpetersvidy" <oliverpeters@...>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I hate to say it, but in this economy, reducing a worldwide force of
> 2200 by 120 employees is not unreasonable. Sucks if you're one of the 120,
> but otherwise it probably makes sense.
> >>
> >> Hopefully a corporate office move yields cheap rent to offset the cost
> of the move itself. That isn't insignificant, once you factor in all the
> little stuff, like just the change in letterhead.
> >>
> >> Does that mean a lot of Daly City moves to Burlington as well?
>
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