[b112]

This is how you recover the lead, lay off people! Chasing that short term stock price goal really seems counter intuitive here.

[brianwawok]

On the flip side, trimming 15% of the fat may set them up for better growth in the future. No company has no fat, especially not this big

[bryanlarsen]

On the gripping hand, no company can trim 15% of their employees without cutting meat & bone too. They may have well over 15% fat but identifying it quickly is impossible.

[xadhominemx]

Based on my experience working with Intel over the years, 30% of their employees do nothing at all and 30% work about 15 hours per week. So there is plenty of fat to trim.