Comments on: HP memo: We will take the necessary action

HP exec Mark Hurd reaches out to employees as the company decides how to react to this week's boardroom pretexting scandal.

[mmdmurphy]

HP Memo talkback

Blah blah blah

[musezeek]

three degrees of comment

Its unfortunate that the english language can be so ambiguous, and sometimes important things to say just sound like noise.
A farside cartoon showing how a dog just hears the word "food" and everything is is "bla bla bla" relates to things said by corporations during profit announcements: "Bla bla bla .. 5.3% bla bla bla". The other things said are important, just not interesting.
I am sure HP as a whole is embarrassed. Even with the many shake ups and sense of lost loyalty that employees feel, they and then company are very proud of the integrity they aspire too.
The CEO said something important. It just isn't that interesting.
They will do what is necessary to carry on, and I hope the best for their efforts.

[fred dunn]

Read: "We'll give it the attention it deserves...

Then we'll all go out and have a champagne brunch.
The problem with this memo is that he never addresses the unethical actions taken as a result of Ms. Dunn's "Investigation". Maybe he views the information leak (which was non-information anyway) as worse than the illegal gathering of phone (and other) records of both Board members as well as Reporters, I don't.

It appears as though Mark Hurd is going to "cave in" to Ms. Dunn and the "Capone" Board and let this slide.

Note to stock analysts: Have you checked your phone records lately? Some analysts interviewed scoffed at this being anything meaningful to them or the worth of the company, Wise Up!
Ms. Dunn has already proven that she can turn on her own board members and external influences, do you think that you are immune? How long has this been going on?
If I were an analyst recommending HP I would be very concerned that it's going to come back and bite me in the rear, why? Becuase it looks like to Mark Hurd and PatriciaGate gang that this is the new "HP Way".