To: bill c. who wrote (9464 ) 2/28/1998 11:55:00 PM From: PiedPiper Read Replies (4) | Respond to
Bill c. the Internet is not used for informing R&D personnel that there is no job for them anymore. It also unnerves the public image of the company and is thus kept quiet. Maybe you should get connected with some of the relocation people in this area and ask them about WSTL. Ask them if people are coming or going there. I know that is difficult to do but it is my suggestion (short of just listening to what I am saying which I know you don't believe). Now the termination was succinct and directed at the fringes of engineering development, so hopefully it doesn't hurt the internal programs much. But the wounds to the remaining personnel are very deep; broken trust in management (they were assured of no engr. layoff when FAW left) and fear for their futures, it can lead to a significant exodus. There have been some departures and they were cutting-edge people, there are more on the docket, and more after that. Now, the tide can be stemmed if honesty and integrity become the keywords of the management team and they take that approach quickly. Zionts has not shown himself to be that kind of leader (he's more of a salesman) and the ball is in his court for internally saving this company. But those that have left are fracturing the already understaffed projects in progress and that inevitably leads to future delays or quality problems in the product's initial release. Take this in part as opinion, mine and my friends, and as fact (there were terminations in R&D). Oh, incidentally, these terminations were NOT related to the Faw killing. Only ADSL mktg. Folks were canned then (mostly). In fact, the company assured its troops that the current layoff was just one-time and would not involve R&D. Weeks later A few more are let go. By the way was there an URL for those folks outside of Faw ?
