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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[At least these Executives are taking a pay cut (of some kind), bit different from the Banking Executives huh?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Colin Jones]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Seriously. Makes me have a little more faith when I see there are actually some companies out there who will do what needs to be done. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why not cut executive salaries by 30-40% and keep all those employees?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BigD145]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA["Hacks" employees?<br><br>Odd word usage, considering the blog.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Smart People Play Tuba]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 2:40PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[yeah, but it's just a cut from their Base salary.  You know most of these guys' pay comes from various bonuses.  They make 2+ million a year but their base salary is only 200,000.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Angry Intern]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 3:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[AMD SUCKS!!! HAHAHAH]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[blueangel00100]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah!!!!! Intel FTW (except their crap onboard graphics)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[chaseacton]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[We're all screwed in the end if AMD goes under... I hope they can make it out of this...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Platinum_Skeet]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[You are both crazy.  I'm a huge fan of Intel myself, and have never bought an AMD processor, but if AMD goes under, Intel has no reason to keep prices low or quality high.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[curtisrutland]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 2:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Also, intel isn't doing amazing either. In fact, they are doing shitty. Their profits PLUNGED 90%.<br><a href="http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/intel-profit-plunges-90-on-miserable-demand-intc" rel="nofollow">http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/intel-profit-plunges-90-on-miserable-demand-intc</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Isaac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 3:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[wtf hax]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Trevisol]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Makes it sound pretty bad for AMD... hoping my current employer doesn't get any ideas from this. :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Smith]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Let's hope so.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Like_A_Glove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Pay cuts and cutting 401k contributions is becoming increasingly common.  Motorola, FedEx, Lecroy come to mind immediately.  I haven't followed, but its common-place now.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Byron Faber]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Fortunately the pay cuts and 401k contribution suspensions are implemented in some of these companies in order to prevent the need to lay off workers. AMD may not necessarily be the case, but they definitely would cut more of the workers if they didn't do this as well.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sean]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[The title makes it sound so bad, like they're actually chopping up employees they no longer want to pay.<br><br>Soylent Green is economically sound?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[npChaos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[I wonder how much more jobs where established, in the same time at intel!  I mean those devs gotta go somewhere,... ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Finnschi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Intel has a huge number of 'open positions' but as a recent job searcher let me share that those positions are not being listed with any serious intentions of filling them all.  A very few of these people may end up there in the short term, but probably not many... unfortunately.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lordmorgul]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 5:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Will Engadget be making cuts? ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[LongshotX]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[You mean these guys actually accept money to review all those awesome gadgets.  I kid I kid....but seriously Engadget where's my money man? Where's my money?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tarnation]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 2:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[The check is in the mail.<br><br>:-P]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Magallanes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 4:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Awesome]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[melvz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 1:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[They should 2500 Barton the Phenom series. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zavrion]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 2:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[..."looking to scale down"...<br>I think the person who suggested that meant *scale down* the processor size, not the company.<br>j/k<br>Man, we need AMD... else probably we would still be using P4's or the Intel Core 2 duo would be new now and cost a fortune or two.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Good_Bytes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 2:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ouch. No matter how much you make 20% is a lot. Still worse for those losing their jobs though. Hope this doesn't affect ATI.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[VampireHunter Z]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 4:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[I feel for those AMD guys, it is the do-nothing execs who should get the axe. The company I work for beat AMD to the "suspending the 401(k) company match" idea, and now they are talking about cutting at least 250 jobs at my plant. Since I am not a butt-kisser, I'm afraid that I might be one of the 250 who gets the axe.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[LonnieDvD]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 5:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[Without AMD you fools are stuck with Cyrix VIA and Intel.. Oh wait.... WOOOPS!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Doug]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 6:41PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[CEOs, VPs and execs should be the FIRST to take pay cuts.  The same reason that make a lot more money (they have bigger responsibility) should be the same reason they should be the first to cut their pay - the decisions THEY make are the decisions that lead to the company's downfall or uprising.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[adam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 16th 2009 7:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[The average AMD pay is $85K per salarylist<br><a href="http://www.salarylist.com/all-real-jobs-salary-at-advanced-micro-devices-inc.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.salarylist.com/all-real-jobs-salary-at-advanced-micro-devices-inc.htm</a><br><br>But many managers get over $120K, fair?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jimca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 20th 2009 9:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on AMD hacks another 1100 employees, cuts executive salaries by 20% ]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/16/amd-hacks-another-1100-employees-cuts-executive-salaries-by-20/</guid><description><![CDATA[A mid level manager at AMD told me that the they actually "asked"  for executive level employees to take a 20% cut,<br>salary employees to take a 15% cut, and hourly employees to take a 5% cut. All in addition to the suspending the 401k match and layoffs.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JoeUser99]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jan 21st 2009 9:19AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
