Rumors

If you read my earlier blog you would have read about the job cuts that Motorola announced on the 30th. Well, people in China love to gossip and I think because there are so many people in China, news travels that much quicker! Anyhow, people in our office were speculating about how the announcements would affect Motorola China. The truth is, nobody really knows yet, as the leadership decides how the new platform decisions will impact our China business. There was a townhall meeting with our leaders on Friday where nothing new was announced. However, following the townhall there were two very, very long lines. One was for the elevators. The other, became the source of rumors. At the end of the other line, was a team from our HR dept.

Rumor at the satellite location this morning was that all the people getting laid off were in line at the campus so that they could meet with HR. The reality: HR was handing out gift certificates for birthday cakes to all employees who had a birthday in November and any month before if you didn't have a chance to pick up your certificate earlier! So, think twice about believing any rumor you hear in the future!