View this article at: http://www.macnn.com/articles/06/07/05/return.ipods.when.fired/ Wednesday, Jul 05, 2006 3:25pm National Semiconductor wants iPods back After the positive press National Semiconductor received for giving all it's employees 30GB Video iPods to transfer information and as a reward for record earnings, some of the press may have soured. After 35 workers were laid off last week, they were asked to return their iPods as well -- completing the proverbial double whammy. Some employees had given the iPods away as gifts or sold them; however, now that these employees are being told to return the iPods some employees are left in a bad situation. One of the fired employees stated that, "Nothing was ever said about ever having to give it back." The employees who are terminated or otherwise leave the company are to return the iPod or pay fair market value. "They were not a gift." the company's spokeswoman LuAnn Jenkins stated "We were very careful on the language we used talking about it."