U.S. Eastern Time on June 9 (Beijing Time June 10) Hewlett-Packard said today in a document, in October this year the company plans to cut 3,000 before the end of the staff action.
Paper said the company on April 30 this year, with printer department has 1,600 employees reached an agreement with the company they voluntarily renounce. Another 1,400 employees in HP's fiscal year ending in October in the sack. According to HP's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission's files, said the job cuts will force changes in HP in the first two quarter of 2005 to pay the cost of 236 million U.S. dollars.
The layoffs may be the new CEO Mark Hurd (Mark Hurd) determined the beginning of his agenda, the ink in May this year, the King warned that some of the poor performance of HP's department must reduce their losses, layoffs is a clear management plan. A well-known analysts expect the company to raise revenue to pay the necessary expenses in HP may cut 15,000 employees.
Hurd, NCR Corporation in the work previously carried out a bold reform to reduce costs, including subcontract after the compression support in the business for the long-term employees and former employees a package of programs, the efficiency of his work that he was a great honor .
Hewlett-Packard acquisition of Compaq, resulting in thousands of workers unemployed, Hart must try to restore morale, improve the operation of HP, from Wall Street's point of view, this is not an easy task.