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join:2000-05-11
 ·AT&T Midwest
| PeoplePC et al Of course this is the same company that owns PeoplePC and other background players which must be bringing in some sort of revenue, so I doubt there will be much fat to trim there. The real cuts are in these speculative hail-Mary plays like BPL and to a lesser extent WiFi.
I give them about four more years before they are totally irrelevant.
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kapil
The Kapil
join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL
| Huff Huff isn't here to cultivate a going concern. He's a beancounter by trade...his job is to assess where the company stands, stop the bleeding, and get rid of it before it goes under....either piecemeal or as a whole.
He did the same thing at Mpower and Frontier before that. | |
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DieAlready
@rr.com | Or I'll Huff An PUFF! Well...It must be good stuff!
I hate Earthlink! They deserve to be in league with Municipal Vagabond government! | |
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GOLFnSUN
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ |  New Earthlink CEO May Trim The Fat ??
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| Time4aNAP
Premium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL
| Chicken or Egg --What a Yoke! I hear a lot about "trimming the fat", but I've never heard a single peep about the business cases that must have been made justifying "putting on fat" in the first place. After all, someone had to make a conscious decision to do it, and someone had to cut the check for it. Who was it?
Can you imagine the minutes of the board meeting when they decided to invest in dead weight?
CEO: "So, CFO, what's our financial condition?"
CFO: "Well sir, I'm happy to report that we're solvent and making a profit!"
CEO: "A profit? No, that's no good. We have to let the shareholders have profits. There's nothing in it for us. No good at all..."
CFO: "Shall I cook the books, sir?"
CEO: "Too late for that; Davis over there has already blabbed it all over the interweb on his Blueberry."
Davis: "That's Blackberry, sir..."
CEO: "Oh, shove it! You want to make yourself useful? Then figure out a way for us to bury this profit!"
Davis: "Well sir, we could form a 'do nothing' division, and use all of our profits to fund it."
Yes Man: "That's got to be the stup..."
CEO: "I like it!"
Yes Man: "...a great idea!"
CEO: "OK Davis, it's your idea, so I'm making you our new Vice President of...never mind, Marketing will come up with a name for your division. Congratulations!"
Davis: "B-b-but I'm the company's president already!"
CEO: "You were the president. Now you're a vice president. Kinda fitting, isn't it?"
Yes Man: "Good one, sir!"
(CEO turns to Yes Man)
CEO: "I like your moxie, son! What's your name?"
Yes Man: "Thank you, sir. My name is..."
CEO: "Whoops! We're outta time! I have a foursome that's teeing off in 30 minutes. All in favor of making whats-his-name the new company president say 'aye'..." | |
| Tim2
Premium
join:2006-06-19
1 edit | They could If Earthlink wants to cut the fat, they could outsource tech support to India.
Oh, wait... they did that years ago. That apparently worked well. | |
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SuckLink
@comcast.net
| Start from the inside out! They have way too many overpaid managers who are not producing much. They need to trim inside out.
Cut the unproductive managers and employees. Bring back jobs to the USA from those cheap labor mongers overseas. Make EarthLink cool like Mindspring. Oh, last but not least, give a damn about your customers and employees instead of just your investors. | |
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ | Your salary Theres a place we can shave a few million/year off right there!
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trparky
Bite My Shiny Metal Ass
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-24
Cleveland, OH
clubs: | Re: Your salary Keep dreaming. That'll never happen. | |
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