John Thompson, chairman and CEO of computer security and systems management firm Symantec -- who is rumored to be a finalist for the job of Commerce secretary in the new administration -- spoke at the TechNet reception on the rooftop of the Hay Adams hotel moments before President Barack Obama passed by on his parade route. "Clearly we need to get the financial engine running -- but we also have to make sure that in that process we create as many jobs as possible -- that we put Americans back to work," he said. "No industry in this country has done a better job of putting people to work -- of creating more jobs -- than the tech sector has." "We are the driving force of the U.S. economy," he said. Thompson told Tech Daily Dose that, if chosen, he would be honored to serve in the Obama administration.
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Responded on February 6, 2009 11:17 AM
outsourced
Currently unemployed thanks to the Mr. Thompsons and Co. Thanks John!!!
Responded on February 4, 2009 5:17 PM
Kepesk
LeRoy has it dead on. Employees of Symantec have been treated like trash under Thompson's reign. I hope Obama is smart enough to reject this snake.
Responded on January 21, 2009 3:42 PM
LeRoy
OK...enough with all the bullshit Mr. Thompson! Me thinks you speak with a forked tongue. Did I hear you correctly when you just said, "Clearly we need to get the financial engine running -- but we also have to make sure that in that process we create as many jobs as possible -- that we put Americans back to work.” Hey John...do you consider previous outsourced Symantec employees to be Americans? And what about the people who work for you now, but are soon to go bye-bye when employees in India take their jobs? Are THEY Americans??? Someone needs to ask Mr. Thompson how he can publicly say these things while in the shadows of his company, many jobs are being outsourced to India AT THE SAME TIME I AM POSTING THIS COMMENT!!! Yes, it's happening right now...LIVE! John Thompson should be ashamed of himself for such falsehoods and for pandering to the Obama administration, while he secretly gives the American Dream away just to make additional profit for himself and his stock holders. John Thompson is NOT the kind of person we need as Commerce Secretary! ...
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OK...enough with all the bullshit Mr. Thompson! Me thinks you speak with a forked tongue.
Did I hear you correctly when you just said, "Clearly we need to get the financial engine running -- but we also have to make sure that in that process we create as many jobs as possible -- that we put Americans back to work.”
Hey John...do you consider previous outsourced Symantec employees to be Americans? And what about the people who work for you now, but are soon to go bye-bye when employees in India take their jobs? Are THEY Americans???
Someone needs to ask Mr. Thompson how he can publicly say these things while in the shadows of his company, many jobs are being outsourced to India AT THE SAME TIME I AM POSTING THIS COMMENT!!! Yes, it's happening right now...LIVE!
John Thompson should be ashamed of himself for such falsehoods and for pandering to the Obama administration, while he secretly gives the American Dream away just to make additional profit for himself and his stock holders.
John Thompson is NOT the kind of person we need as Commerce Secretary! We need someone who actually cares about the American people--the working class that makes his hansom salary and generous stock options possible.
Or is it your intention to put these outsourced employees back to work, Mr. Thompson?
How about publicly answering THAT question?
Once a salesman, always a salesman. No-one should fall for this sales presentation.
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