Bang goes any hope of a pay rise again

[Glenn]

HP are trying to buy another company for around $2bn http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/27/hp_rebid/

[Rik]

It might be good news in the long term, but I agree that it's going to make things tighter for now.

[Glenn]

I know people working for HP, some haven't had any payrise in over 5 years.

[Rik]

Are they losing many staff?

[gizmo71]

A rise?! All I can hope for these days is to survive a year without another cut...

[pctech]

They may need the extra cash to hook a decent CEO after Mark Hurd was ousted.