Bloglines - Sun's Layoffs: Not Enough

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Whewwwwww www.. thats sucks.. no wonder their share prices are like $6/- only !!

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Sun's Layoffs: Not Enough By noemail@noemail.org (pk) Give Jonathan Schwartz for moving faster than many expected in instituting significant layoffs at Sun, but this is not enough to do more than stem the bleeding. Compare Dell and Sun's sales per employee, post-layoffs, and you get a clearer idea of how far out of kilter Sun's costs remain. Company Employees Sales/employee Sun 33,000 (post-layoffs) $415,151 Dell 33,100 $1.17M