This Week: Palm to Lay off Workers
November 23, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones
Palm’s suffering was—and continues to be—for the long-haul. And apparently, the financial apocalypse didn’t help matters. Starting this week, some of the company’s 1,050-strong workforce will start having to look for other jobs.
This development is probably a symptom of everything that’s wrong with Palm, who have only managed to secure orders 5% of the business-phone market in the US, compared to RIM’s 75% and Apple’s near-25%. Once again, how the great have fallen! This is the very company that started the whole smartphone thing; look where they are now. But cutting jobs is a way of becoming more efficient. While this could be the beginning of the end for the palm, it might also represent the start of something new.
Ah well, in any case, maybe it’s wise not to apply for the most recent job posting posted on Palm’s corporate website.
