Palm axes some jobs
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Jun 26th 2007 7:18PM
posted Jun 26th 2007 7:18PM
In the wake of Palm's sale of a quarter stake to Elevation Partners, the company is axing an unspecified number of jobs in an effort to flatten its "organizational hierarchy." Though it wouldn't specify how many jobs were getting cut, they're apparently in the development group (from a casual observer's perspective, development seems like the wrong place to cut jobs when your best-selling products are mildly tweaked versions of years-old designs, but we're just bloggers -- what do we know?). For what it's worth, Palm points out that the cuts are just the final stages of a reorganization that's been in the works for some time now and predates the Elevation deal. No faith that you're gonna need engineers around for a Foleo 2, guys?[Via the::unwired]
The once Big Dog on block is now the Underdog. The title should have read: Palm cuts jobs in attempt to step its game up....finally
Sounds like a wake up call to the developers. Palm has such unique abilities with graffiti, touchscreen experience and they have been on the sidelines watching microsoft and apple continue to develop touchscreen tech.
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