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Re: [cinjug-users] Best Buy elimating nearly 1000 American IT jobs.

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Subject: Re: [cinjug-users] Best Buy elimating nearly 1000 American IT jobs.
From: Greg Williams <greg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2004 17:24:37 -0500
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But on the plus side, they're getting rid of 8500 pointy-haired bosses. ;-)

Greg

scotts-cinjug-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Got this on the IGN mailing list.  Guess I will have to start shopping at
Circut City now :(

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-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 4:53 PM
To: IGNITe/400 Mailing List
Subject: Just a little note

Best Buy announced a great quarter.  They're leaps and bounds above last
year, recording what they call a "banner year" with income rising 29%.
This is thanks in no small part to the American consumer.  The result?

http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/03/31_horwichj_bbuyr
esults/

They plan to put nearly 1000 American IT workers out of work, in all
likelihood shipping their jobs to India.  As you can see, this is not
about a corporation "struggling to survive" or anything like it.  It is
about greedy corporate owners squeezing every last penny of profit
possible at the expense of American workers.

I love Best Buy.  I like just wandering through the aisles.  But it
looks like I may have to vote with my wallet and find another source for
electronics and videos.  How can I continue to support a company that
lays off my coworkers for no reason other than greed?

Joe

P.S. I plan to write to Best Buy.  I'm going to mention this in an
upcoming MCMagOnline column as well.  If you'd like to comment
privately, feel free to drop me a line.


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