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Stan Beer
Friday, 14 July 2006 19:24
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that losing 1,000 middle managers does not equate to the US$1 billion cost savings that Intel has flagged. Being generous in the redundancy, that might equate to about US$200 million tops - and that's being generous.
So where is the rest of thye savings going to come from? Once again,
this does not take a genius level analyst to figure out. Managers, by
definition, manage teams of staff. If a company makes management
positions redundant, then the chances are that their underlings will
also be made redundant.
$1 billion minus $200 million leaves $800 million to be saved on staff
cuts. Let's say the average redundancy packege is about $80,000. That
would mean that there are another 10,000 or so lower level layoffs to
be announced. That would seem a reasonable ratio - 10 staff per manager.
If the above numbers are correct - or thereabouts - Intel is getting ready to shed about 10% of its workforce.
Think again. Most businesses only have PART of a DR plan - and this spells business disaster in the event of an IT disaster.
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