Eric Colburn, PLS

Tag: Layoff

  • 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-Looking Forward to 2010 or Glad to See 2009 Go?

    In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: Looking Forward to 2010 or Glad to See 2009 Go? I ask this question both from a land surveying industry perspective and from a personal perspective. I’m sure that from a professional land surveying industry perspective 2009 has been a year full of challenges for…