# If I worked at CNET, this layoff memo would make me want to quit

<http://gawker.com/373153/if-i-worked-at-cnet-this-layoff-memo-would-make-me-want-to-quit>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

CNET CEO Neil Ashe sent this all-hands memo to explain to his charges the changes that CNET is making to be successful. The memo looks like it came straight out of a Dilbert strip. Ashe says CNET must "embrace change" and "drive greater efficiencies in the business." In addition, a management task force has evaluated CNET's "organization and resource alignment." How about writing a memo in actual English? That seems easier  and a better way to spend everyone's time. At least Jerry Yang's memos had that funny e.e. cummings-esque no-capital-letters charm going for them. Ashe's anodyne euphemisms? They make me glad I don't work at CNET  or any other huge conglomerate for that matter.

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