Quitting Borders

Staffers flee the bankrupt bookseller

by Eve Silberman

posted 6/5/2011

Not everyone at Borders' corporate headquarters on Phoenix Drive is waiting until the end of June to see if publishers will throw a lifeline to the bankrupt company. A former employee at the once-bustling headquarters (itself up for sale) says that a third of the remaining staff--200 workers--left between November and April. While some were laid off, he estimates that at least 100 fled to other jobs--he overheard a neighbor interview for two different positions from his Borders desk. The common sentiment, he says, was that "if you weren't

Government, business, environment, the U-M, and more.