http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/ Engadget Comments for National Semi hands out pink slips, snatches "gift" iPods http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/Jul 5th 2006 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/
All that PR that they built just went straight down the drain.]]>Jul 5th 2006 5:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/I would sue]]>Jul 5th 2006 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/Jul 5th 2006 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/Jul 5th 2006 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/Jul 5th 2006 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/
Docking the booted workers' final paychecks... ouch!]]>Jul 5th 2006 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/Jul 5th 2006 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/
Nevermind, I have to go sync my nano.]]>Jul 5th 2006 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/Jul 5th 2006 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/Jul 5th 2006 7:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/
Don't forget to check ebay for a screamin' deal...well fair market value...on a 30G ipod (only used one month!). ]]>Jul 5th 2006 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/
If the employee is forced to surrender the iPod on the way out the door, without properly clearing the device of all copied music, that's piracy if he/she still has the songs on their home computer.

Of course, the RIAA will look the other way because National Semi isn't an old lady, or dead person.]]>Jul 5th 2006 7:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/
I wonder what they do at retirement? Take away your retirement gift?]]>Jul 5th 2006 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/Jul 5th 2006 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/Jul 5th 2006 7:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/A cure around it would be leaving the pod on the desk, say behind the monitor, and you'd probably get a call soon.."Mr.Smith! what are you doing behind that monitor all day?"

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It is shameful that a company which is forced to layoff or terminate employees requests that employees return gifts that were earned as a result of prior achievements.

What a PR fiasco. ]]>Jul 5th 2006 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/
It is shameful that a company which is forced to layoff or terminate employees requests that employees return gifts that were earned as a result of prior achievements.

What a PR fiasco. ]]>Jul 5th 2006 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/
And they are probably depreciating them over 3 years and taking a sweet little tax break - which will translate to more record profits and ipods for everyone, until they sack them, depreciate the ipods and take .....well you get the idea.
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You can't make a point about loading music or movies onto the iPod. As it should be purchased and actually registered to YOUR COMPUTER not your iPod. So you will still have the data from iTunes, therefor you are not losing anything because it can still be played, at least on your computer.]]>Jul 5th 2006 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/
That's my take at least.]]>Jul 5th 2006 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/
i mean really though, that's what... less that 0.5 of 1 percent of the employees given iPods? maybe these 35 people were just assholes and the company was getting a little payback. :P

at least it wasn't a huge number of people this happened to.

either way it sucks for those guys! ]]>Jul 5th 2006 11:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/Jul 6th 2006 8:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/Jul 6th 2006 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/
Shmengie had it right. National's layoff motto was exactly that - "Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out."]]>Jul 6th 2006 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/05/national-semi-hands-out-pink-slips-snatches-gift-ipods/Jul 7th 2006 12:17AM