20,000 in India. Wait, what!?
Oops, sorry - we didn't mean to recruit in India over the past 5 yrs; we've changed our minds now, sorry about that. Will you tell the Indian Govt that we're sorry? You see, we went into partnership with PcW and others and they've already got all of the C-level digital skills we need, so that saves us lots of money on unnecessary re-training. Plus, we've got another $50m 'of cost-savings' to be made by 'moving resources out of the (US) country'
But don't worry we'll keep a low-cost center in the US - Pontiac, mitchegen, so that we don't get into any political trouble...it's a bit of sensitive area that at the moment.
Barclays: "I'm going to reiterate a question I get from a lot of investors...how you are incentivized over the next couple years and then your plans with the Company the next couple years? "
Mike: '...In terms of how I'm compensated, that's all publicly disclosable but it is very similar to the way I have been incentivized over the last five years. And I see another great value creation opportunity here and want to see that value creation opportunity through its conclusion."
Is it me or are the only people left who are still 'thrilled' and 'excited' with all these synergies and potential 4% growth are the 6 named participants on the investment report?