No one is sacred from being layed off

Brother YH sent me this link about National Semiconductor’s Bob Pease being layed off.

Now this is a MAJOR, MAJOR disappointment. You will think that a company like NS will recognize top engineering talent, or someone like Bob Pease will be immune to being retrenched, but there you go. It happened!

YH introduced the work of Bob to me couple years ago. I have tried to read up all his columns when I have the time. If you like analog electronic stuffs, his articles are a treasure trove, full of little snippets of insights that could only be acquired over a lifetime of top engineering work.

Sigh, what more could we expect from folks who are only interested in the bottom line every quarter? Where’s the long term view?

On a personal level, the company I work for has been retrenching folks too. A few of my colleagues got the chop too. I could feel my turn is coming. Hey, if even someone like Bob Pease isn’t sacred, what chances does Average Joe Engineers have?

I could smell it coming…

19 March 2009 | Uncategorized | Comments