Pink slips come and the iPods have to go
July 6th, 2006Its surprising that National Semiconductor, a company that has been doing well recently, atleast apparently so, would even have to lay off 35 workers at its plant in Arlington, TX. National was in the news some time back for announcing its plans to hand every employee a 30GB video iPod, a reward for its best fiscal year ever.
Employees that are on their way out have to turn in the ‘gifts that were’nt’. For the ones who ended up selling or re-gifting their iPods, the company would like the now-ex-employees to pay “fair market value” for the company hardware - which retails around $300 a pop.
Losing their jobs and even their iPods (Star Telegram Article)
