Comments on: AOL axes 700 employees http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2889 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2889/comment-page-1#comment-6722 Reader's Write Wed, 03 Nov 2004 02:11:16 +0000 #comment-6722 I still remember when AOL was A(s)OL and detested by everyone with a grain of sense. In other words, nothing has changed. Morg I still remember when AOL was A(s)OL and detested by everyone with a grain of sense.

In other words, nothing has changed.

Morg

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2889/comment-page-1#comment-6717 Reader's Write Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:29:02 +0000 #comment-6717 "The unfortunates, mostly at the company's Northern Virginia headquarters, will become the December victims of a, "cost-cutting move tied to the firm's continuing loss of subscribers to faster or cheaper Internet services, according to officials familiar with the decision," continues the Washington Post." "As a result, "AOL must cut spending, since its projections for revenue from advertising and subscriptions show little or no growth." Maybe if AOL didn't charge $23.95 a month, didn't send out those landfill-creating CDs that no one even at the post office uses, and would get some quality product incorporated into their service (Like that ghastly AOL browser), then maybe they would see some Profit. Personally, I think they're spending way too much on advertising at it is. Adding insult to injury, its a known fact that AOL moved a good part of its California staff to India, which meant firing everyone and paying Kahm Nahfespersh $3.00 an hour to do what would make an american an honest $15.00 an hour. Maybe Kahm can afford that new flying carpet he's always wanted now. AOL is just a capitalist company, plain and simple. It's obvious that they don't care and the public is really wising up to it. People who use AOL are like my relatives and other people who dont give a damn, but even they stopped using AOL after finding a better ISP charging 9.00$ a month for the same service. “The unfortunates, mostly at the company’s Northern Virginia headquarters, will become the December victims of a, “cost-cutting move tied to the firm’s continuing loss of subscribers to faster or cheaper Internet services, according to officials familiar with the decision,” continues the Washington Post.”
“As a result, “AOL must cut spending, since its projections for revenue from advertising and subscriptions show little or no growth.”

Maybe if AOL didn’t charge $23.95 a month, didn’t send out those landfill-creating CDs that no one even at the post office uses, and would get some quality product incorporated into their service (Like that ghastly AOL browser), then maybe they would see some Profit.
Personally, I think they’re spending way too much on advertising at it is.
Adding insult to injury, its a known fact that AOL moved a good part of its California staff to India, which meant firing everyone and paying Kahm Nahfespersh $3.00 an hour to do what would make an american an honest $15.00 an hour. Maybe Kahm can afford that new flying carpet he’s always wanted now.
AOL is just a capitalist company, plain and simple. It’s obvious that they don’t care and the public is really wising up to it. People who use AOL are like my relatives and other people who dont give a damn, but even they stopped using AOL after finding a better ISP charging 9.00$ a month for the same service.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/2889/comment-page-1#comment-6716 Reader's Write Wed, 03 Nov 2004 01:21:31 +0000 #comment-6716 Wake up India, get out of your mud-huts and get working; There's now 700 jobs available for the taking. Wake up India, get out of your mud-huts and get working; There’s now 700 jobs available for the taking.

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