They shipped jobs overseas to get the companies costs down, understood. However, at the same time they could have done other things to hire Americans instead of Indians or the Chinese. Companies also stay profitable by leadership making the right decisions. Maybe not receiving a $21 million dollar deal upon being asked to step down by their board. Hello being fired shouldn't mean you walk with a s$#%t load of money. What about Whitman who would simply want to get rid of 40,000 jobs? It's easy to just cut and move on instead of making better decisions up front.
I think it's sad when a company is on the downward slope or not doing that well the first thing that happens is they get rid of the people making the least amount of money. Like I said before get rid of some of the ridiculous bonuses or chop some of the salaries for the execs. Although, I guess you have to spend money to keep the "top" talent.