Sir Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony, went to Wales, his homeland, in order to receive an honorary degree.
A few days before his arrival, Sony announced the closure of the Bridgend manufacturing plant, and cuts at the Pencoed assembly plant. 650 jobs lost.
He [Stringer] said the announcement to axe hundreds of posts had been the result of decisions taken 10 years ago which were having consequences today in a globalised world.
C'mon Howard, that's a bit disingenious. If you take the job of CEO, you also take the responsibility.
BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | New Sony chief defends job cuts [bbc.co.uk]
Exactly. This guy's a wuss, and I hate CEO double-talk like this. This guy's cutting jobs - possibly because of decisions made 10 years ago that didn't pan out - but he's the one doing the cutting, necessary or not. He should say plainly "Sony can not afford to keep these people employed, so I am closing the factory at which they work and terminating their employment." In other words, the exact truth.
cdg
yes, it's disguisting. it's symbolic also.
but responsibility of what?
about what?
Sony -- not a company form Wales or even Japan -- is responsable ONLY in matter of PROFIT.
think about Profit.
that's the problem.
our problem.
cause WITHOUT those jobs in Wales, or in Poland, or in Japan even -- but ONLY in China -- they wil soon (but not so soon:-) loose market, clients, profit...
like snake eating his own tail.