tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post7713931279084541077..comments2009-01-27T19:36:06.633-05:00Nurseb911http://www.blogger.com/profile/04974722323117696369noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post-26196449302692328832009-01-27T19:36:00.000-05:002009-01-27T19:36:00.000-05:00Yeah...I'll be getting to PFE shortly in the next month or so with my next SAML analysis. I can't say I'm inspired by their moves and shed the stock on Friday on the rumour since strategically I don't see how spending that much fits.Nurseb911http://www.nurseb911.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post-64432430406723678922009-01-26T14:18:00.000-05:002009-01-26T14:18:00.000-05:00How about Pfizer's management for cutting 2400 jobs after a 90% drop in earnings and announcing the Wyeth deal in the same breath.Paul (augustabound)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post-64390346069716279312009-01-26T13:14:00.000-05:002009-01-26T13:14:00.000-05:00That's a great point Jae about hiring freezes. If a company doesn't have any idle capacity in the employment ranks it doesn't really provide a huge vote of confidence for their assessment of growth moving forward. Either they expect each employee to do more for less or their expectation for growing their business is impaired in some way.Nurseb911http://www.nurseb911.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4886595570005494885.post-1104067130746646082009-01-26T13:02:00.000-05:002009-01-26T13:02:00.000-05:00As you mentioned, its important that companies understand the state of business they are in and understand what is going on and act accordingly with smooth transitions. I'm not a fan of sudden and drastic job cuts but it is better than trying to maintain operations in the red.<BR/><BR/>Just like cutting jobs, I'm also wary of businesses that go on hiring frenzies.Jae Junhttp://www.oldschoolvalue.comnoreply@blogger.com