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Get laid off, give back the iPod says National Semiconductor

by Scott McNulty (Jul 5th, 2006)

Remember a few weeks ago we wrote about National Semiconductor raking in the dough and handing out iPods to all their employees? Well, it looks like those iPods weren't a reward after all, but rather company equipment. National Semiconductor laid off 35 factory workers, which is odd given their huge ...

Work for National Semiconductor, get an iPod

by Scott McNulty (Jun 13th, 2006)

National Semiconductor, the premier analog company (at least according to their website) is going digital; digital music that is. The company plans on giving each of its 8,500 employees a 30 gig iPod so they can listen to company podcasts. This is also, I am sure, a way of thanking the employees for ...