Er, LoCatus, that's not how it works. Most of AMD's customers are *not* their employees, and it'd be foolish to use that logic as justification for employment. If they were it'd be like blowing into your own sails, trying to move your boat.

It's not like the higher-paid employees of AMD spend more on their own products, even with the corporate discounts. There's only so much you can buy and a few thousand more processors sold isn't going to make a huge amount of difference when an employee can be paid more in a single year anyway.

This BS is starting to get on my nerves.

How's a company (Not just AMD) supposed to make money when they put their primary customer base out of work?

Today: Layoffs? sure.. Lets lay off all the people in North America..

Month later... Why are we still loosing money..

HELLO!!!! Y'all put your primary buyers on the streets!!! REMEMBER! Your lower paid "off shore" employees can't afford the products when they ARE working. It's mostly North American, and European consumers that buy the stuff!!

[rant off]
LoCatus

When I left tech I joined the Army. Treated me a hell of a lot better than those corporate scumbags. Hope I never go back to that corporate tech bullshit now. Went to work in a civvie hospital with the training the Army gave me as a medic.

Best of luck.

When Obama was made president oficialy CNN had this live Facebook thing. I saw a guy there who worked at AMD. He stated he hoped Obama would buy an AMD laptop so he could keep his job.

According to the AMD spinner, it seems that the individuals who got pink slips were those in the administrative/commercial departments. The ones in Asia probably are from the assembly/testing facilities. Well, as long as they didn't fire engineers or people crucial to the CPU/manufacturing department, then, I guess they are safe. Anyhow, I feel really sad for those who lost their jobs and all we can do is pray for them so that they can get something good in the short term.

If AMD didn't lay off people in a world wide economic depression, they'd catch Hell for not being fiscally responsible. If they do lay people off they catch Hell for being responsible business managers. It's a no win situation for AMD at The Inkwell.

SOS, DD.

Guys and Gals no longer at AMD, look at this as a chance to do the things your bosses at AMD wouldn't let you do, the projects and ideas that you never got the chance to start there, start your own business, who knows, when the recession is over, if you have a bit of IP under your belt, could be worth a bit of money.

Yes..

It is indeed a sad day.. Good luck getting a new job, fellas.. :\