Houston's attempt to move MFG to Austin Flextronixs has been (is being) a disaster, a debacle , complete with slipped schedules and massive costs over-runs. So now, those last lingering MFG workers in Houston (mostly contractors?), whose heads WERE on the chopping blocks, can breathe more easily for at least a little while. The upper management FINALLY figured out that just yelling at more and more people, more loudly, was't going to fix all of this... They actually needs some peons and workers to get the work done!
Maybe some sunny day they will ALSO figure out that ... OMG here it comes!!! Sometimes HPE managers CAN make mistakes, and lay off too many experienced workers!!! And that it MIGHT make sense to have just the TINIEST bit of humility, face one's mistakes... And HIRE BACK some of the workers that you laid off!!! (Violate your Sacred Black List, that is).
But I’m not holding my breath… I wonder sometimes if upper management treasures protecting their egos (NOT admitting mistakenly having laid off too many experienced workers for example) over their fiduciary duties. Would they violate their Sacred Black List if millions of dollars were on the line? I am not so sure…