indian.. um… ipod-givers…
Losing their jobs and even their iPods
By Barry Shlachter, Jim Fuquay, Maria M. Perotin
Star-Telegram Staff Writers
National Semiconductor giveth, and it taketh away.
The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company gained loads of publicity last month for announcing plans to give every employee a 30-gigabyte video iPod.
Last week, the company laid off 35 employees at its Arlington plant. To the surprise of some at the plant, the laid-off workers were asked to give back their high-tech toys.
A person who called the Star-Telegram claiming to have been one of the 35 laid-off workers said many employees at the Arlington plant were under the impression that the iPods were theirs to keep. Some had sold them or given them as gifts, according to the caller.
“Nothing was ever said about ever having to give it back,” the caller said. “If I’d known it was company property, I never would have picked it up.”
At the time, the company had said it was handing out the devices to distribute company information as well as reward its 8,500 workers for its best fiscal year ever. Employees were also allowed personal use of the devices. [Link]
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