fiercewireless.com - 11/18/2008
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Sprint Nextel is instituting a voluntary separation package for its employees, giving them until Dec. 3 to leave the company voluntarily. The beleagured carrier, which lost 1.3 million net subscribers in the third quarter, has not announced any layoffs as part of the plan. "What is happening is ...
boygeniusreport.com - 11/20/2008
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boygeniusreport.com —
We’ll keep the rumor flag on this one
but you can pretty safely mark it down as
done. Since we first scooped the Treo Pro back in May , the consensus has been consistent - it’s kind of sweet, for a Palm. Those who have used the handset can attest ...
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Palm Treo Pro coming to Sprint in January
engadgetmobile.com - 11/18/2008
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engadgetmobile.com —
We've had a hard time nailing down a
date for RIM's latest (last?) iDEN-powered BlackBerry, the 8350i
, outside a general belief that we'd see it before the year was out. For push-to-talkers sick and tired of staring at the truly prehistoric 7100i in ...
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BlackBerry 8350i hitting Sprint on December 1?
mobiletechreview.com - 11/20/2008
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Sprint offering voluntary resignation compensation
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... in the program known.
To be fair to itself, Sprint won’t be allowing retail store employees or managers to partake in the voluntary resignation compensation program. Likewise, administrative and executive assistants will be barred from the program.
The move will hopefully help Sprint pare down costs enough to avoid a more widespread wave of lay-offs. Although, voluntary separation package programs are usually proceeded by extensive employee cuts.
[Via: FierceWireless]
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Sprint Asking Employees to Please Resign, Pretty Please [Sprint]
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... Supposedly, improving customer service was one of CEO Dan Hesse's major goals when he took over the beleaguered carrier, but we're wondering how shedding staff is gonna help that. Also, how long before the pink slips go from voluntary to mandatory? We can't help but think this move is simply to make a coming massacre slightly less bloody. [Fierce Wireless via ...
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