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You Say Goodbye (7/3/98)
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Hey, it wouldn't be Apple without downsizing, right? Apple's manufacturing plant in Cork, Ireland will trim 150 jobs from its roster, following Apple's sale of its printed circuit board business to Singapore manufacturer Natsteel. Apple plans to outsource its PCB needs in Cork, as it has apparently done at its other plants, and the 150 jobs being cut are ones made superfluous following the sale. A Reuters story reports further on the localized cuts.
We're sure to hear more doom and gloom from the naysayers, stating that this latest round of cuts is just further evidence of Apple selling off everything it can in order to make a profit. Never mind that the outsourcing of PCB business is entirely consistent with Apple's business plan, and 150 jobs cut due to business realignment pales in comparison to moves like Intel's "warmdown" temporary plant closures starting this weekend-- part of its "aggressive costcutting measures." which include a plan to lower headcount by 3000 people, according to CNET.
Anyway, since the Cork plant will be "iMac Central" when it comes to churning out the cuddly blue retro-Macs for the entire European market, there's a chance that those 150 jobs might reappear. If the iMac lives up to its potential, we imagine it's not out of the question that the Cork plant might need more manpower to keep up with demand. We can't wait to see what kind of reception the iMac gets in Europe and other overseas markets.
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 | | The above scene was taken from the 7/3/98 episode: July 3, 1998: Apple's (yawn) cutting more jobs, this time at its Cork plant, as it sells off its PCB operations. Meanwhile, rumors of six-slot pro Power Macs persist, despite word from inside Apple that four's the limit, and Microsoft gets positively upfront about its plan to contaminate Java...
Other scenes from that episode: 829: Leave It To The Pros (7/3/98) Rumors continue to fly as to the exact nature and time frame of Apple's upcoming "Pro" G3 Power Macs. We had heard a lot of buzz recently about a six-PCI-slot G3 minitower to be announced at next week's MacWorld Expo, and available shortly thereafter... 830: Just Decaf, Thanks (7/3/98) For those of you who thought we were kidding when we mentioned that Microsoft had paid off Starbucks to spike the U.S. caffeinated coffee supply with special blandness-inducing drugs intended to bolster the demand for mediocre software like Windows 98, we can only pity your naïveté...
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