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		TomVDB on July 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel ousts its chief engineer, shakes up technica... > Successful reorgs are done in response to growth, changing markets, and new lines of business. > This is either a desperation or punitive reorg. One could very well characterize the reorganization of IBM in the mid nineties as a desperation reorg and a punitive one (100K employees laid off.) It was also a very successful one.

toohotatopic on July 28, 2020 [–]

Was it? It could have been IBM who invented the smartphone or hardware as a service.

pm90 on July 28, 2020 | [–]

They survived.

toohotatopic on July 28, 2020 | | [–]

Surviving cannot be the ambition of IBM.

pm90 on July 28, 2020 | | [–]

Clearly you haven't worked at IBM.

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