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>enjoyable watching them crash and burn. As a Canadian, technology enthusiast and former RIM employee, it actually saddens me. A company with so much potentia

>enjoyable watching them crash and burn. As a Canadian, technology enthusiast and former RIM employee, it actually saddens me. A company with so much potential, so much talent quickly fading into the mist. I wouldn't mind seeing Jim B removed and Mike L as Chairman of the Board. The shake-up they desparately need must occur at the top level. In the most recent layoffs, I've had friends and former colleagues in mid-management and lower positions let go. I'm not sure who thought that was an effective strategy to turn the company around. FAIL!

bmelton 15y ago
There's a difference between turning the company around and buying enough runway to do it in. RIM's profits are down, due to the fact that they aren't selling as many devices as they used to. This means they don't need as many people to make and support the devices, as well as that they don't have as much money to keep paying them to do things that aren't needed. Layoffs are always a touchy subject, and the corporate adage is usually that they have to challenge the remaining employees to "do more with less". The unspoken side of that is that they honestly don't have as much to do as they did before, and so in reality, they're doing the same with the same, proportionally.