Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Losing their jobs and even their iPods

National Semiconductor giveth, and it taketh away. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company gained loads of publicity last month for announcing plans to give every employee a 30-gigabyte video iPod. Last week, the company laid off 35 employees at its Arlington plant. To the surprise of some at the plant, the laid-off workers were asked to give back their high-tech toys.

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