Tom Emerson <[log in to unmask]> wrote in article <[log in to unmask]>... > > And the number of layoffs to occur if the merger suceeds is? (I know it's > not zero...) [of course, the truly flippant answer is "34,992 -- the 35,000 > count is reached by including Carly and other board members..."] > Or perhaps, the 35,000 is really a "salary adjusted headcount". (Carly*$$/year + board*$$/year, + other top officials)/lowest paid HPemployee = 35000? So loosing those top eight would be almost like loosing 35,000? :-) What is missing in the discussion is that even with a merger going through, HP would still probably layoff 15,000 to 20,000 as part of their consolidation effort. (remember all those proposed gains in efficiencies...) Dennis Heidner Remove the "-nospam" from the e-mail address to contact me. But if you insist on spamming, I collect fees for reading, processing and deleting un-soliciited email. My going rate is $250/hr, billable in one hour blocks. Spammers, please send your information to [log in to unmask] * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *