On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Larry Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hold on, that is a post EDS merger trimming. That percentage is not at > >all unusual after a merger. The merged company will find many positions > > >duplicated with only enough work required to justify one position. > > > >It is a sad truth about mergers that many good employees get shafted. > > That's basically the story I heard on the local NBC (I believe) radio > affiliate yesterday afternoon. Although I don't believe they used the > word "shafted" but that's what I thought when I heard the story. > Shafted is a more common term around Philadelphia for getting the wrong end of the short stick. I went to the University next door to Tom's alma mater and the Drexel Shaft was always to blame for some misfortune or another. We even had a monument to the shaft on the quad which has since been moved to one of the newer dorms. (http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2T64) Urban Dictionary attaches the term to a huge smoke stack which was less common when I was there. -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
