Dude, You’re Getting a Pinkslip!
Dell is going to fire one in ten employees over the next year. Ouch.
From CNET here:
Dell released preliminary earnings Thursday showing positive signs in its servers unit, but announced it would lay off 10 percent of its workforce over the coming year.
With a current worldwide workforce of 88,000, approximately 8,800 employees will be let go over the next year as Dell tries to trim costs. The staff reductions will “vary across regions, segments and functions,” according to Dell spokesman David Frank.
I really like Dell so much better than HP. I hope they get things turned around soon.
Thanks for the support. We are working hard to turn things around…although we didn’t get here in a quarter, so it will take a while to get back.
On the reduction, I want to assure you that these will be targeted to eliminate redundancies, bureaucracy and activities not critical to delivering customer value. So, we are doing the right thing to IMPROVE, not decrease efforts anywhere we do business
There are things going on at HP that is far shadier than has been reported, I think. Customer satisfaction with HP, from what I can tell, is very low. They are having problems in delivery and support and are screwing over the wrong people on their orders.
Dell has been a proven leader for much longer. I think the turnaround will happen sooner than you think. Good luck, Rich, and keep your head down.