Comments on: Business Blunders of 2009 http://blog.robertsalomon.com/2010/01/27/business-blunders-of-2009/ Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:36:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Robert Salomon http://blog.robertsalomon.com/2010/01/27/business-blunders-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1739 Robert Salomon Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:01:56 +0000 http://blog.robertsalomon.com/?p=1591#comment-1739 You are a brave, brave soul for volunteering for the IBM assignment David. My intuition, however, would be that most of those folks they laid off are not of the single, looking-for-adventure variety. That probably made the offer seem disingenuous, and/or feel like pouring salt in an open wound. You are a brave, brave soul for volunteering for the IBM assignment David. My intuition, however, would be that most of those folks they laid off are not of the single, looking-for-adventure variety. That probably made the offer seem disingenuous, and/or feel like pouring salt in an open wound.

]]> By: David Smith http://blog.robertsalomon.com/2010/01/27/business-blunders-of-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1737 David Smith Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:49:34 +0000 http://blog.robertsalomon.com/?p=1591#comment-1737 I liked the REO story when it came out. It made the "Risky Business" soundtrack play through my head. IBM offering foreign assignments doesn't seem bad to me. For young single people it could be especially attractive. I would have taken it up. Local terms, so what . . . expat packages have become too fat anyway. I liked the REO story when it came out. It made the “Risky Business” soundtrack play through my head.

IBM offering foreign assignments doesn’t seem bad to me. For young single people it could be especially attractive. I would have taken it up. Local terms, so what . . . expat packages have become too fat anyway.

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