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Tim S · 14th May 2007, 10:08

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2007/05...cut_400_jobs/1

Pie_uk · 14th May 2007, 10:19

crap

that makes me feel bad

antiHero · 14th May 2007, 10:37

Atleast they dont cut the jobs in dresden as AMD is and importent employer in that region. Still crap!

BioSniper · 14th May 2007, 10:37

Talking of R600, are we going to see any news on it from Bit in the near future Tim?

Mother-Goose · 14th May 2007, 10:52

Inevitable but sad all the same.

Tim S · 14th May 2007, 11:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by BioSniper

Talking of R600, are we going to see any news on it from Bit in the near future Tim?

yes, I'm currently eating dry coffee granules so that I don't have to keep getting up to go to the toilet.

BioSniper · 14th May 2007, 12:15

That's more info than I needed Tim

Nice to hear that you have some stuff coming, I cant wait.

Bladestorm · 14th May 2007, 13:06

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The lay-offs were for employees who worked on 200mm silicon wafers, and Intel has recently begun to use 300mm wafers.

I can see it now :

"Congratulations chaps you've been the backbone of this department for years, now in relation to the new 300mm wafers, your all fired, we dont need you anymore."

Seems a little harsh to me

Krikkit · 14th May 2007, 13:23

Sadly redundancy is a reality in a big company that has taken a turn for the worse; it doesn't really surprise that it's happened, and I'm sure they recieved a nice severance package for their inconvenience.

mikeuk2004 · 14th May 2007, 18:30

its the quickest way to save money and big companies dont care about the small guys. The real big way of saving money is for the big cheeses to take a pay cut and only buy a new ferrari every 5 years and not every year

DXR_13KE · 14th May 2007, 23:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by mikeuk2004

its the quickest way to save money and big companies dont care about the small guys. The real big way of saving money is for the big cheeses to take a pay cut and only buy a new ferrari every 5 years and not every year

what he says.

Colonel Sanders · 15th May 2007, 04:20

To some extent I hate to see people be fired, especially like what Intel did to the people working on 200mm wafers - I mean they probbably did quality work but then suddenly a new project comes along and they are jobless? Thats kinda messed up. . .

On the other hand, if they are being cut loose, maybe they were not important to the company, maybe their performance wasn't good.

L J

Spaceraver · 16th May 2007, 21:36

I just hope some big company will back AMD so we dont get a monopoly. Or even buy it.

Shere Khan · 13th May 2008, 16:12

Hi guys,do you work in AMD company?Could you tell me the average salary,I am radio technology engineer.

Bladestorm · 13th May 2008, 17:51

Whats going on with this thread ? some of the responses sound like they are indeed in response to this article, and some of them are definetely in response to one about intel cutting jobs last year .. almost all of them are dated 2007 too.

Cthippo · 14th May 2008, 18:53

The post above yours was a threat revival. Noobs have a special skill for resurrecting dead threads. :P

14th May 2007, 10:08	#1
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