On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Dan Scott wrote: > Never take what big coporations say at face value. Even if they > acknowledge that they are lying, it's a safe bet that they are lying > about what they claim to have lied about. > > My wife is a systems analyst for a major insurance company. She and her > fellow employees were told the company wasn't competitive, profitable, > or able to keep its head above water for much longer�layoffs had to be > made. They cut 15-20% of their workforce (amazing how many of those let > go were within a year or two of retirement). > > A few weeks after the layoffs, the company newsletter was raving what a > great year the company had and how they were in very good > shape�especially compared to their major competitors. > > Dan Scott >
In general, all marketing points 180 degrees to a problem! I forget where I originally read this, but for the most part, can be applied to any press release. ie: "new and improved" so there were problems with the old version? Just something to keep in mind. - chris -- Chris Murray /"\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN http://apeman.org/ X AGAINST HTML MAIL Cell: 604.861.8307 / \/ Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
