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Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective

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From: Lawrence McKnight
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 22:35
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In <D2ECC3.2A5@dcs.ed.ac.uk> mikedlr@tardis.ed.ac.uk (Michael De La Rue)
writes:

>
>>I can't imagine many people with shiney new CS degrees looking for work
asking
>>at the interview for that new job, "oh by the way I don't want the job
if this
>>is a Unisys shop". Now maybe in the UK jobs are plentiful enough that
recent
>>grads can pick and choose at will, but in the states, only the cream of
the
>>crop get enough job offers to pick and choose based on whether or not
they are
>>upset over .GIF files.
>
>Or in-other-words, if you end up working for Unisys in future, it's
>because you weren't good enough to avoid it.  People will bear this in
>mind when it comes to employing people who have worked for Unisys, and
>therefore no one even intelligent will work for them.  Therefore
>Unisys will collapse slightly sooner than otherwise.  Great is all I
>can say.
>
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>
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>

Will you post your employment history, so we can avoid companies which
would hire you?
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From: mcknighl@ix.netcom.com (Lawrence McKnight)
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Subject: Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective
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