DK is pretty local to me (just upstate), and I recently saw a bit on them in
the local paper.

The gist was that they are having trouble right now filling job slots- they
basically said they'd hire some hundreds of people today if they could
find qualified people to fill them.

To me that says two things: they are understaffed and some of the people
they are hiring are right on the fringe of being competent for the job they
have been given.

I expect time will set things aright.

Mike H.

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:54 AM, David Challis <dchallis@cox.net> wrote:

> I spoke with a Digikey representative a couple of months ago about the
> increasing error rate.  Apparently, as the economy slowed two years ago,
> they shrunk their headcount to match the reduced order volume.  With the
> improving business climate, they have started hiring again, but it takes
> many months to properly train a new hire.  They employ over 3000.  They
> realize they have a problem, and are trying to do everything they can to
> correct the situation.  Time will tell.
>
> Dave Challis
>
> > I saw three cases like this last fall on three separate orders.  Two of
> > which discovered at the assembly house ;<
> >
> > They are either slipping or one of their competitors hired someone to
> > work in Digikey's warehouse...
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