Blood To Drip from Oracle's Axe "Pink Slip Friday" At PeopleSoft
Oracle-PeopleSoft: Stress in Silicon Valley Oracle To Clinch PeopleSoft
Acquisition
(Friday, January 14, 2004 - Pleasanton, CA) - The hammer didn't officially
come down on PeopleSoft today, according to several employees whom we
interviewed outside of company headquarters Friday afternoon. "We'll find out
tomorrow," a weeping 30-something woman told us as she packed a heavy crate
of personal belongings into the back of her SUV. Nearby, another woman
carried a similar crate as she walked with her six-year-old son to their car.
Several youngish employees gathered near a shrine on PeopleSoft Parkway, one
block from the headquarters entrance. The mood was surprisingly cheerful,
although no one would provide the... (more)
Matt Vande Voorde is editor of Accessible Content Magazine and a former TV producer at Oracle Corp.
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