3 ms·
Companies are always rising and falling in America. That is a good thing. Its very good to recap and learn from history, but lets not get too sentimental. Co
by TheMagicHorsey 11y ago
Companies are always rising and falling in America. That is a good thing.
Its very good to recap and learn from history, but lets not get too sentimental. Corporate failure isn't made of the same stuff as individual failure. Its not like one guy doing really well, then falling on hard times. The people that built the successful company were long gone. Then complacent people took over. Then frightened and unimaginative people followed. Then finally only those that could not find a place anywhere else were left.
- arkitaip 11y agoYou honestly believe that all the thousands of people left at Motorola are the left overs? That's a cynical and very unproductive view.
- TheMagicHorsey 11y agoIt may sound harsh, but getting a Motorola job is no longer considered a top choice by engineering students. I don't even think they figure in the top twenty employers. Many people at Motorola are excellent I'm sure. But for whatever reason, they don't have better options. There are many excellent unemployed people too. Employers don't have perfect information about these excellent workers ... that's the problem. However, for whatever the reason ... the people at Motorola (not all of them, just most of them) are stuck there because they don't have an offer from a better company.