Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: Employees

  • Autodesk Profits Fall and Lays Off 520 Employees

    Autodesk Profits Fall and Lays Off 520 Employees

    Autodesk stumbled this week, missing its earning expectations, cutting its full-year sales growth forecast, stocks taking a beating, and then laying off 520 employees, being 7% of their total staff. Got Recession? It seems that the uber-techno-giant Autodesk is also feeling the recession-that-went-on-too-long-blues. Can you believe that Autodesk has got recession, too? Particularly considering their low-cost…

  • Land Surveying 911: Which Land Surveyors Should I Layoff And Which Should I Keep?

    Land Surveying 911: Which Land Surveyors Should I Layoff And Which Should I Keep?

    In this Land Surveying 911 series article, some names have been changed to protect the inquisitive. Submit your Land Surveying 911 request using the form at the end of this article. Dan, the survey manager of a struggling professional land surveying and civil engineering firm, submitted the following Land Surveying 911 question. Land Surveying 911: Which…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Survey-Post Great Recession-Are Jobs Going to Come Back?

    In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Post Great Recession-Are Jobs Going to Come Back? I’ve been thinking lately about what the jobs situation in the land surveying industry will look like as as a full recovery takes hold and the Great Recession, hopefully, comes to an end. Lately I’ve heard several…

  • Special Reduced Price 20% OFF Traverse Control Sheet Professional Land Surveyor Productivity Tool

    For the next week I’m offering a Special Reduced Price 20% OFF the regular price if you purchase the Traverse Control Sheet before the end of the day, Midnight, Friday, May 21, 2010! You can also learn more about this professional land surveyor productivity tool digital download at this link: Get My Traverse Control Sheet…

  • Get My Traverse Control Sheet Professional Land Surveyor Productivity Tool

    Traverse Control Sheet Professional Land Surveyor Productivity Tool Today I’m excited to announce the first publication of my Professional Land Surveyor Tools series I’ve been working on, called the Traverse Control Sheet. To kick things off, I’m also having a promotional price which is 60% off of the regular price if you purchase the Traverse…