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Yes HP does this all over. Here in Costa Rica they are pressuring the goverment to change laws so that they can lower our pay by 10%

...the old company motto?
"With HP Everything Is Possible"...

HP is a large multi-national corporation. Do we really not expect the bait and switch tactic? They all do it. We all know that the staff is what makes the company because the staff makes the products, provides the services, and is the life blood of the company. Of course management isn't going to fire anyone on the senior management team because they all want to maintain their luxury lifestyles. They don't give a damn about the company or the staff. To them, it's all about their own deep pockets and keeping them filled.

Does HP really think that their CEO is as valuable as 400 well-payed employees?

It looks like it from here!

How can they justify the 400 engineers, designers and marketing experts that they don't hire?

All that sacrifice just to bathe one man in money?

I was fully expecting an article that Richard Stallman's answer to Linux stealing all his GNU code was finally up and running. He calls his UNIX clone The HURD.

I was disappointed. Who cares about some CEO seeking PR points.