Xiaofan Chen escribi=F3: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 1:03 AM, Mauricio Giovagnini > wrote: >> Today, navigating the Microchip web I decided to browse their carreers p= ath link. >> >> I remember having seen some jobs postings there some days ago, >> today there isn't any. >> >> The web seems to be working fine so... I'm guessing if are there new dir= ections for >> 2009 about not getting new people on microchip or may be >> even worse... personnel reduction. > = > That would not surprise me at all. After all, Microchip is just > another US public listed company and is (and still will be) also greatly = affected by the economy > downturn. If you look at Microchip's stock price, it actually performs > very badly in the recent three months, worse than the average. > = > This link leads to the job site. > http://www.microchip.com/stellent/idcplg?IdcService=3DSS_GET_PAGE&nodeId= =3D100 > = > Xiaofan Yes Xiaofan I'm quite aware of that, but I was surprised = because on sunday 14th December the job listings were there, = and by Tuesday 16th they weren't. Hard times are a reality = since some months, so why just this weekend? there were even = new job postings, december job postings, so may be the = direction to "not to hire anyone" came later... This is a recent Microchip's CEO letter. http://www.microchip.com/stellent/groups/sitecomm_sg/documents/market_commu= nication/en538671.pdf Regards -- = ------------------------------ Mauricio Giovagnini (Maunix) www.maunix.com.ar Cordoba, Arg. LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mgiovagnini -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist