NCR maintains, 'Dayton is our headquarters'
Sunday, January 25, 2009
DAYTON — On a recent afternoon, Jeff Opt, a staffer at NCR's Dayton archives, pressed keys on a Class 500 cash register built by National Cash Register when Woodrow Wilson lived in the White House.
When the register's bell clanged, echoing off the archive's fourth-floor walls, Opt smiled.
Even in an era of digital registers and self-serve checkouts, Opt said, "Everyone knows that sound."
Among local companies, NCR Corp. is unique when it comes to its place in Dayton history. For some 120 years, Dayton and NCR were all but synonymous. John Patterson — founder of the famed National Cash Register Co. — oversaw a rescue effort in response to the Great Flood of 1913 that devastated Dayton, at one point calling his executives the "Dayton Relief Committee."
"The Cash" (as it was called) was a reliably big local employer, with more than 11,000 local employees at the end of 1949 and more than 18,000 in February 1966, according to records at the NCR archive.
Today, 12 years after a spin-off from former owner AT&T, the company is smaller and quite different in many ways. NCR's focus is global technology, helping businesses across the world interact with customers in myriad ways. The company has about 1,300 Dayton employees, out of some 23,000 worldwide.
NCR still calls Dayton — with its building and campus at 1700 S. Patterson Blvd. — its world headquarters.
That labeling is based in fact, not semantics, said Alan Ulman, an NCR spokesman. Dayton offices are home to NCR's largest business segment, financial services. As such, Ulman said Dayton gets the time and attention of all the company's executives, although he could not quantify how often they visit Dayton or work in Dayton.
"You don't make that decision lightly," Ulman said of calling Dayton the company's "world headquarters."
"This company has said Dayton is our headquarters," he said. "Resources are precious. People are important."
But for some, the company's moves in — and to — other locales amount to a trend.
Following the
dotted lines
NCR's board of directors early on required Bill Nuti, president and chief executive, to move to Dayton. In an August 2005 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, NCR said, "Failure of Nuti and family to relocate to Dayton by Aug. 1, 2006 constitutes material breach of agreement and will be considered cause for termination by NCR."
But a year later the board relented, saying Nuti was free to commute from suburban New York to Dayton. The board said that Nuti "has been dealing with a family health matter for some time."
Then, in late 2007, New York City business officials rejoiced as NCR announced it would lease the 35th floor at 7 World Trade Center for its executive offices. The company has said that site will employ about 150 people over time.
And in October 2008, NCR announced plans to move the headquarters of its Worldwide Customers Services operations to Georgia, with plans to create 916 jobs in Peachtree City and Duluth over the next two years. Up to 50 of those jobs will be taken from Dayton, the company has said.
NCR would not give current employee numbers by location, calling that "competitive information." Nor would the company make Nuti available for an interview.
"I think there are some real concerns," said Paul Morman, a University of Dayton historian who has studied NCR. "It remains to be seen what it all means, in terms of the impact it's going to have. But it gives one pause."
Tom Traynor, a Wright State University economics professor, said, "There's reason for increasing concern that they're not as committed to this area."
"I'm following the dotted lines like everyone else," Traynor added.
Jon Husted, a state senator and former speaker of the Ohio House, was taken aback by the Georgia announcement. Husted said he had worked in 2005 with Mark Hurd, Nuti's predecessor as CEO, on capturing the customer services expansion for Dayton. Husted says there was an "agreement in principle" with the Ohio Department of Development on moving some NCR operations from Georgia to Dayton.
A department spokeswoman could not confirm any agreement, but the department shared with the Dayton Daily News a March 2005 letter to Hurd and NCR's legal counsel, expressing pleasure that the company was then "considering the expansion of its world headquarters in Dayton." The letter offered NCR a 10-year, 75 percent state tax credit if NCR expanded in Dayton.
But after Hewlett-Packard tapped Hurd to be its chief, NCR insiders told Husted that expansions were on hold, Husted said. Nuti was then named CEO in August 2005.
"The new leadership came in and took it in a different direction," Husted said.
Ulman said he was unaware of the Department of Development letter or any company response to it.
"Mark Hurd is no longer with the company," Ulman said.
A designated point
of contact
Local uneasiness extends not just to missed expansion opportunities, but to local contacts. Rashad Young, Dayton city manager, said Bruce Langos — today chief operations officer of NCR spin-off Teradata — once served as a bridge between NCR and city government. Langos served in several executive positions for NCR before going to Teradata, including senior vice president, global operations.
Re-establishing a bridge to the company has been slow work so far, Young said.
"Since Bruce (Langos) has left, there has not been a designated point of contact," Young said.
"We will always be open to discussions with any officials, be they city, county, state," Ulman said.
Some say NCR and its local employees remain committed to the Dayton area in important, tangible ways. Jayne Klose, a spokeswoman for the United Way of the Greater Dayton Area, said NCR remains a reliable contributor, but she could share no numbers.
"They're still one of the very top, most generous contributors," Klose said.
Jill Moberly, spokeswoman for Dayton City Schools, said she's unaware of current partnerships or volunteer efforts between NCR and Dayton schools.
Software entrepreneur David Gasper has written software for NCR and sold his Gasper Corp. to NCR in 1999. He believes NCR has stuck with Dayton far longer than many other companies have.
"Loyalty to the community is no longer a value in America," Gasper said. "It has been at NCR a lot longer than most companies."
After working for NCR and selling his namesake company, Gasper has remained in the Dayton area, starting another company, InitialPoint. Gasper has watched NCR's moves with some concern. He believes local leaders should "speak with one voice" to NCR, much as the region did in the most recent Base Realignment and Closure process. The 2005 BRAC process yielded an expected 1,100 jobs for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, which leaders hope will lead to the creation of further jobs.
"Why aren't we following the same formula that we did with BRAC?" Gasper said.
Jim Leftwich, chief executive for the Dayton Development Coalition, would not talk about his discussions with leaders of NCR. But he said the region should look for ways to make itself more valuable to what today is a global company with global competitors.
"How can we bring value to NCR and other companies like NCR that are critical anchors in this region?" Leftwich said.
Anyone concerned with NCR should be concerned about whether the company is thriving, Ulman said.
"I think the trend that matters is: Are our customers satisfied?" Ulman said. "Are they relying on NCR? Are we (offering) development solutions to help them grow their businesses?"
Retirees are watching NCR too, but they're most concerned about the company's financial health and how that affects pensions, said Sue Schweitzer, head of an NCR retired employees association based in Dayton.
"They're going to do what they want to do," Schweitzer said of NCR. "It's not the same company anymore. It's definitely not the same company."
Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or tgnau@DaytonDailyNews.com.
Comments
By John Patterson's Ghost
September 12, 2011 1:43 PM | Link to this
I wonder why in the heck did I write the word ‘the’ twice consecutively in my last post? I hate it when that happens.
By John Patterson's Ghost
September 12, 2011 12:44 PM | Link to this
None of this even matters from a historical point of view considering Ncr hasn’t made anything decent since the mid 40’s when they stopped making the deco chrome and black cash registers, soon to be replaced with the hideous tan 50’s models and then the really hideous plastic models. In the 80’s they came up with a really bad idea of recreating the bronze 313 and having it built in Brazil of all places, about 50% of the appeal of collecting the the old ones is that they were made in the U.S.A.
By Jed Skillman
June 5, 2009 7:50 PM | Link to this
Even though I was not surprised to learn of NCR’s move to the Atlanta area, it still gave me a jolt, like losing a family member after a long illness.
I wrote a couple posts on my blog www.PlumwoodRoad.blogspot.com about NCR and John H. Patterson. Our family lived just south of the factory in the early 1950s and my father was a salesman there for several years.
The move was a long time coming and is something Patterson would likely have encouraged from a business-survival standpoint.
By Tony
February 21, 2009 10:33 AM | Link to this
Comments should be placed in one of two columns. 1. Accepts NCR’s need to survive. 2. Ignores NCR’s need to survive.
By SLK
February 3, 2009 5:50 PM | Link to this
NCR Management is ONLY interested in cost-cutting. By moving software development out of US, they don’t realize that “quality-cutting” is what they are getting in return. I have experienced this first-hand.
By SLN
February 3, 2009 5:07 PM | Link to this
NCR management is only interested in cost-cutting. By moving ATM Software development out of US, they don’t realize that “quality-cutting” is the end result.
By Bruce Alias
January 30, 2009 7:27 PM | Link to this
BL you finally got caught with your wcpd e-mail address. Everyone at NCR knows your affiliation with the WCPD. You are posting under both Tanya and Bo on this article. Pretty sick bud. Thought you had more class and wouldn’t lower yourself to this level. Maybe people should check your yahoo board posts…hmmm. At least we now know who is posting under multiple alias’ on NCR’s boards using the NutJob Nuti lines. I think he is going to be just a tad angry.
By Christine
January 30, 2009 6:53 PM | Link to this
NCR has done great these past few years. I follow them and they have done well under Nuti. Not saying he isn’t a Hurd style cost cutter, but no one can say the company has not put up the numbers. Who knows about the future. I can’t imagine any company having a good 2009. NCR has to move out of Dayton because of posters like this and a local government like ours. We should fire the Governor, Mayor, Congresspeople, and the Dayton Coalition fools and all the other local politicians.
By slickone1987
January 30, 2009 5:55 PM | Link to this
As an ex-NCR employee (I left 3 months ago), NCR is moving their headquarters for (1) Nuti does not like Dayton, and wants to “coomute” to his NYC office from his house in the Hamptons, (2) Dayton is a dull city to live and work in and (3) NCR wants to put on the global front that they are a major wold-wide powerhouse because their offices are at the World Trade Center. That “no one takes a company in Dayton, Ohio seriously for that city is not a major one.” They are going to leave……
By US made and proud of it!
January 28, 2009 4:21 PM | Link to this
My question is: When most of the US jobs are being sent overseas, who is going to have money to buy the products these companies produce? Oh, that’s right, the CEO’s won’t care, they’ll have made their millions and be living out of the US. And just to let you know, everytime someone complains about Nuti and his policies - more employees are let go from NCR, usually within days.
By Bo
January 27, 2009 11:02 AM | Link to this
In all fairness to the City of Dayton. NCR was contacted by local and state officials multiple time and NuttJob Nuti declined to see them all. He would nto return phone calls, declined invitations to meet with the governor and LT. Governor, etc. Nuti would rather have a big event for Hilliary Clinton as his house. This is all pointless anyway. He is looking for job because he knows NCR’s results are going to tank and there is not one to blame but him.
By Boomer
January 27, 2009 6:47 AM | Link to this
Libertarian is right - the entire WCS/Peachtree Ga thing came as a “surprise” to City of Dayton leadership?!?!? Heck with the screwball mayor - where was the City Mgr, Econ Dvlpt Director, etc? These guys should be calling on their largest employers (esp the headquartered ones) ROUTINELY and standing by to help. There are things the City can do, and it can grease the rails at the State/Feds for creative incentive packages. Dayton reaps what it sows. No excuses. Unfricken believable.
By Info_Tech_Guy
January 27, 2009 5:26 AM | Link to this
Some commentators claim NCR is leaving because Dayton lacks a high tech workforce — “Dayton isn’t Tech Strong”. Untrue. The truth is that metro-Dayton has/had a highly skilled, educated high tech workforce. Area companies like NCR and Lexis Nexis prefer to hire foreign workers instead of Americans following the same pattern of offshore outsourcing and use of imported “guest workers” set by HP, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, Intel and Sun. The bottom line for senior management is cheap labor.
By marpar
January 26, 2009 9:52 PM | Link to this
Why should this hint of NCR’s exodus surprise any of us Daytonians? The Dumb Daily News makes this out to be some sort of surprising event that could transpire any time in the near future as if it is some sort of breaking story. Great job on calling this one DDN. Where’d you pick up the lead, in your Springboro printing facility?
This town is run by a bunch of clowns, why would anyone in their right mind who runs a high profile business like NCR want to stay here?
By joe
January 26, 2009 2:31 PM | Link to this
Growing cities in the US are TECH strong not MFG. strong which is what Dayton has always been. Dayton could be a TECH TOWN if we could woo companies into moving here. How many colleges are less than an hour away!? It’s not that we don’t have tech savvy people here - just not enough jobs to support them.
GM employed 10x the number of employees as NCR and supported the local machine shops that made their parts. If NCR was moving and GM was still here and strong this would be small potatoes.
By Lea
January 26, 2009 11:52 AM | Link to this
I think it’s wrong for NCR to do this to the city that gave it life, but I can certainly understand wanting to get out of this area! If I could pick up and leave my kids and husband I would run too. But you know what? We can’t go anywhere because the kids’ other parent lives here too. Well, we could if we gave up all kinds of rights. Dayton is a technological (and otherwise) black hole, sucking in all the talent and spitting out dross.
By Johnny
January 26, 2009 11:52 AM | Link to this
If NCR Dayton can survive the short term, they will thrive long term. Bill Nuti is not here to stay. He is too ambitious to stay at NCR long term. He already tried to take the Yahoo! position. He was one of two finalists for the position. He will go where the next best opportunity is.
By Private
January 26, 2009 11:48 AM | Link to this
I am employed with NCR and have been to the New York office. I can honestly say there isnt much room to expand. It is VERY nice, but is meant for high profile business meetings and executive offices. (Not that I am suggesting it is necessary)
I would like to see the City and State provide some benefits to companies to keep or move jobs to Ohio. Companies only care about the bottom line, “so if it don’t make dollars, then it don’t make sense.”
By bobby
January 26, 2009 11:22 AM | Link to this
The announcement [DDN dec.31,2008] that NCR was relinquishing all rights to participate in the commercial developmentof the ground they sold to UD sends a clear signal. If NCR intended to stay in this community, they would have wanted to have some degree of control of the gateway to the entrance of their world headquarters. When the local community and media have no relationship with company officers, just quotes from spokespeople, the city and region should be planning for worst case scenarios.
By Mark
January 26, 2009 11:00 AM | Link to this
Ohio used to be a low tax state. But, the Republican controlled State House raised taxes so much, that we’re now in the top 5 highest taxed states in the union. NCR should do what any responsible company would do, and move to a state that doesn’t drive them out of business with inflated tax rates. If Ohio doesn’t want you, go to a state that does.
By Eddie
January 26, 2009 10:56 AM | Link to this
LightenUp Francis: This same bellyaching has been going on in the NCR Tackboard (Company message boards - which Bill Nuti actually reads and responds to) since he has start slashing the workforce at Dayton. Guess what, he doesn’t care. Each of his responses has been some BS about how he loves the city and has been contributing to the city, he then goes and relocated WCS out of Dayton, then builds a new demonstration center in NYC. There’s nothing anybody can say that will keep NCR in Dayton.
By Libertarian
January 26, 2009 10:53 AM | Link to this
cont… Dayton considers it a “privilege” for a company to be here, and they don’t feel a need to romance companies. Result? No one wants to headquarter a business in Dayton. I know if I was looking for a place to set up shop, the last place I would look is Dayton - I would only consider locations that APPRECIATED by presence. This is what happens when you elect liberals into local government.
By Libertarian
January 26, 2009 10:52 AM | Link to this
If a city government wants to improve the job situation, it must “romance” companies. Has Dayton done this? No. Quite the opposite… instead of being pro-business, giving tax abatements, etc., it has done the opposite. Instead of looking at companies as a necessity, Dayton views companies with contempt - they only see them as something to tax. “New company looking to locate here? Great!!! Tax the heck out of them!”
By Chuck Norris
January 26, 2009 10:34 AM | Link to this
It really is a shame what the management team has done to NCR. They are always chasing the next quarter trying to make the balance sheet look good by cutting positions over and over again. They publicly announce a hiring freeze, retirement contribution cuts, and that no employees will get any sort of merit raise. And then announce a new mid six figure position being created a couple of days later? And I’m sure the NYC office location is responsible for a lot of new business… Nutty.
By LightenUp Francis
January 26, 2009 10:29 AM | Link to this
If I’m Bill Nuti and I’m reading these posts by folks from Dayton bashing the community and my company, why oh why would I want to stay here and invest more in this region? Reality check people. Where does this sense of entitlement come from? Get an education, prepare yourself for the future workforce and do something positive. This belly-aching will get us no where. We all own a piece of this problem and shared ownership/accountability are key to the solution.
By Chuck
January 26, 2009 10:21 AM | Link to this
NCR and Lexis-Nexis have both bought in to the outsourcing idea. If you are looking for job security don’t even think about applying for a job at ether of these places.
By Cameron
January 26, 2009 10:09 AM | Link to this
Cameron: I am not saying that this transition will happen overnight, and I am not declaring Dayton a “Tech City”. You can educate laid-off factory workers to enter the tech industries, it’s already happening. The Dayton-area has been a site for aerospace R&D for 100 years and is the AF HQ of logistices. These industries employ thousands of people locally and are growing. Our problem in the past has been one of education and an abundance of easily obtained factory jobs.
By Cameron
January 26, 2009 9:55 AM | Link to this
Dayton has about as much of a chance of becoming a “Tech City” as I do of winning the lottery. First off you aren’t going to tech a bunch of laid off factory workers to suddenly become software engineers, second the city doesn’t have the data network infastructure to support their wild dream of being a “Tech City”, third NCR and Teradata are HUGE tech companies and they are fleeing the city!!! You can’t just declare a city a “Tech City” and expect to be the next San Francisco or Seattle.
By Ms Pickles
January 26, 2009 9:54 AM | Link to this
why should a business stay here? It doesn’t seem that most of the local leaders are doing anything to help Dayton change and grow. I live here and don’t know what they are doing to try to change the fate of Dayton. My family has been in this area for 8 generations but today, all of my family members 25 years and younger have moved from Dayton and Ohio.
By Richard
January 26, 2009 9:51 AM | Link to this
The figurehead politicians in Dayton have not performed adequately to keep Dayton competitive, but there are positives happening in the metro area. For a time WPAFB and its support organizations will need to sustain the area. The Dayton region, however, is positioned along two major business highways, making it a logistical dream for attracting new business. Our main problem will be to educate the workforce to take the incoming jobs as the local economy shifts to more tech industries.
By Carl
January 26, 2009 9:33 AM | Link to this
I guess the question is why would you stay in a loser town? There is nothing left in Dayton. All the companys with head quarters downtown have moved out of town or to the suburbs for a reason. When you are scared to go downtown this is what happens. I know people that refuse to go downtown just because of all the killings and perpecived crime. Yes NCR will move out over the long hall. No reason to stay.
By Frank
January 26, 2009 9:21 AM | Link to this
NCR has drastically reduced it’s 401(k) matching, eliminated ALL raises, has frozen all new hiring (even internally), is no longer offering office funded parties, and is in the process of firing all outside contractors. Not to mention that they have yet to find a replacement for their slowly dieing cash cow (ATM hardware/software). NCR is about 5 years behind on the self service technology. The company is hemorrhaging its quite possible that they will be bought out or have to merge.
By Cameron
January 26, 2009 9:15 AM | Link to this
Teradata is not a part of NCR anymore. Bill Nuti moved the offices to New York because he lives in the Hamptons and has been slowly driving the focus away from Dayton since he began at NCR. I could count on one hand the number of times I remember Nuti actually at the Dayton office. Now that he is moving a lot of the software development work out of Dayton I wouldn’t predict that the company will remain in Dayton. NCR is also doing terrible now. I predict that NCR will have a similar fate as Mead
By voice of reason
January 26, 2009 9:10 AM | Link to this
Finally, the DDN begins to expose the dealings of Bill Nuti. However, it didn’t go far enough. The real reason the Board of Director’s didn’t follow through with the EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT that required Bill Nuti to live in Dayton is because he has now hand picked the board! There are no checks and balances left.
Every retiree who owns stock needs to attend the next Shareholder meeting and demand answers. Why does NCR need as much space in NYC as the entire Teradata HQ in Miamisburg?
By DJ
January 26, 2009 9:01 AM | Link to this
The Mayor just doesn’t get it when it comes to businesses. She has zero understanding on the importance in the community of keeping companies happy and shockingly she has little interest in developing mutual relationships. Where was the city on Teradata? Instead of a sweetheart, tax abatement deal to move them downtown, NCR builds a building in a Springboro corn field.
By james4tanky
January 26, 2009 8:56 AM | Link to this
Dayton’s got one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel. I left when I was 22 (early 80’s) due to not being able to get more than a part time job, white women clutching their purses and crossing the street when I approached em’ downtown. Let me tell ya’ll something, there’s nothing more humiliating than hearing every car door locks slam down when waiting for the city bus (and no, I didn’t dress intimidating). So Dayton; ‘ye reap what ye sow…’ RIP
By Bob Airhart
January 26, 2009 8:47 AM | Link to this
There was a time when NCR was on the leading edge of technology, but apparently the people in charge were too slow to understand and adapt to the digital age. The American auto industry fought gas mileage standards and safety standards and got left in the past. The business form industry was paper-based recording keeping and they got bypassed by the digital age.
These changes have nothing to do with race as some have ignorantly claimed. Top decision makers failed to be cutting edge.
By Bob
January 26, 2009 8:47 AM | Link to this
3M, Target, Best Buy, United Healthcare, Medtronics, are a few of the corporations based here in Minneapolis / Saint Paul. So the comment in the article about “They point to a need to have the decisions makers positioned globally, near financial markets and customers” is hog wash! An excuse!
By John
January 26, 2009 8:46 AM | Link to this
The Unions and the politicians ruined Dayton. I-675 should have been completed in 1975 (it was concieved in 1962) with a similar highway up to I-70 on the west side. Instead only the eastern side was ever completed and not until 1986. Dayton Mayor held back the highway for over a decade. The Union have run all the companies out of Dayton. McCall’s, Dayton Tire, Master Electric, NCR, General Motors. It is a very sad situation. Thank God for WPAFB, if that place ever closes then Dayton done
By Tony
January 26, 2009 8:36 AM | Link to this
This subject reminds me of the “tail wagging the dog”. Meaning the past is the least important part of a situation and has too much influence over the future survival of NCR. NCR’s many thousands of pensioners, including those in the Dayton area, realistically need our company to survive with profitability and growth. Current management must make the changes that best enables NCR to flourish. Lived 2 1/2 years in Dayton, out of 37 with NCR. Wonderful people, town and treasured memories.
By Info_Tech_Guy
January 26, 2009 8:28 AM | Link to this
The failures -real or perceived- of Dayton pols have nothing to do with why NCR eliminated its American white collar workforce and now seem bent on leaving Dayton altogether. Lowering labor costs with Third World workers and the concentration of wealth and influence in key financial centers is why NCR execs(along with corporations generally) are leaving Ohio, the midwest and the US. Free trade, offshore outsourcing and use of “business visa” workers has gutted Ohio and the US.
By daniel
January 26, 2009 8:27 AM | Link to this
smart for getting out of dayton!! dayton has gone downhill since its been run by blacks and since the government made companies hire blacks instead of people that were qualified for the job!!!!this is when alot of companies started going downhill!!!!”not racist just the truth”
By joe
January 26, 2009 8:21 AM | Link to this
National politicians, Nation lending institutions greed, and a local business that didn’t have any foresight is our main problem. Toyota introduced it’s first car 2001,Honda in 1999, and their Hybrid SUV in 2005. Our GM plants, one of the main staples of our local economy, continued to crank out gas guzzling trucks and SUVs. GM sales of trucks and SUVs all but ceased because of rising gas prices thus shutting down our main local bread winner which affects other local manufacturers and retailers.
By old bus
January 26, 2009 8:00 AM | Link to this
The big companies have had enough of Dayton, and its leaders. I hear the funeral home business is booming though.
By bd
January 26, 2009 8:00 AM | Link to this
It’s not Dayton’s fault. NCR got rid of half their jobs 4 yrs ago when they started outsourcing to other countries to save money. This is a company that is CEO heavy, always has been. Remember Mark Hurd? They don’t care about preserving US jobs or their employees! I say don’t cry when they leave because something bigger and better will come along to fill their space.
By Lighten Up Francis
January 26, 2009 7:56 AM | Link to this
Yet, Jonathan, you still make Dayton your home. What are you doing to make Dayton a better place? Despite our challenges, the Dayton Region is still a great place to live and work. All too many people like to sit back and complain (typical victim’s mentality) instead of being accountable and doing something positive. All members of a community are responsible for helping to make it a better place. Rather than complain on a DDN message board, go do one thing today that makes a difference.
By Info_Tech_Guy
January 26, 2009 7:49 AM | Link to this
NCR has already cut ties to Dayton: it’s a “done deal”. As a former NCR software engineer, I watched the systematic elimination of white collar work in Dayton. I even had to train my foreign replacement. Most of NCR’s American white collar workforce is long gone - replaced by workers outside the US - through “offshore outsourcing” or foreign replacements on “business visas”. Lexis-Nexis is doing the same thing now. Funny how “offshore outsourcing” is hardly ever mentioned in print or television.
By Tanya
January 26, 2009 7:47 AM | Link to this
Nuti has no loyalty to the company. He has terminated most of the executives who knew how to run the company and replaced them with people from Symbol technologies and Cisco. He has created a real mess. We need people like Bruce Langos to come back to NCR and help run the place, Not only was he the connection to Dayton he also knew how to operationally run the company. Nuti should have never let him leave to go to Teradata. Since he and others have left the place is a mess.
By Jonathan
January 26, 2009 7:26 AM | Link to this
Every big company has left Dayton already. If they are leaving Dayton there must be a reason. Dayton was cited recently in a Forbes piece as one of America’s worst cities or dying cities. Who wants to set up a business in one of America’s fastest dying cities? Who wants to stay in one of these places. This article sounds like sour grapes to me, and I live in Dayton. The Ohio and Dayton politicians screwed this place up not the companies leaving.