Dear Nigel,
You raise an interesting point about these incremental layoffs. If it's under 5 percent of headcount, public companies don't have to formally announce the reduction which is why you aren't seeing it reported anywhere (until now!). NetApp's Eric Brown, director of public relations, told Byte and Switch this: "We have made decisions that certain individual positions were not optimally organized for our business as it looks today." He really said that!
Legato Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTO) and Veritas Software Corp. (Nasdaq: VRTS) have also caught on to this trick (see Legato Thins the Herd). On the growth issue, I'm not a numbers beaver, but if I find out anything I'll tell you.
And sorry about your job. I, too, once got "optimally organized" but look at me now! Super Star Columnist for Byte and Switch. Dreams can come true, et cetera...
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