OT: Intel Laying Off Workers

[Will]

Atrocities said:
When is enough money enough? Look at Bill Gates, 50 billion plus and he still tells people that he wants to be the first American Trillionair. That is pure greed and should NEVER be fostered, supported, or encouraged.

Sorry, but can you back this one up? While I don't agree with some of the business tactics Mr. Gates' company has used in the past few decades, this seems a little heavy-handed, and I don't recall a statement from him stating he was going to be the first trillionaire. After the bubble burst, his net worth went down with everyone else's, especially most of his assets being tied into one technology company -- Microsoft. According to the Forbes list, he just this year broke back over the $50 billion line, but, there is something like $25 billion of that destined for the Gates Foundation. It's hard to call someone greedy when they will give away half their net worth to some cause of charity.

I do agree with your sentiments on the general atmosphere of the day, where it seems the general goal is to sell as much as possible, make as much money as possible, regardless of other concerns. And the result is we have a lot of companies that cut back on employee treatment, cut back on quality control, and lose sight of all long-term goals just to make an insane quarterly goal to satisfy the shareholders.