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Another Round of HP Layoffs

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the severance-vs-salary dept.

geekroot's dad writes "AP News is reporting that Palo Alto, California-based Hewlett-Packard is 'fighting to stay competitive with formidable rivals like IBM and Dell' and is announcing 5,900 European job cuts "to safeguard the future" of the company. From the article: 'Michel Destot, the Socialist deputy mayor of the southern France city of Grenoble - where HP has one of its French plants - said the layoffs were "unacceptable" and demanded that HP managers also meet local politicians to discuss scaling back the job cuts.'" This round following the first cut back in July.

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  1. Re:Put all right wing anti French stuff under here by RentonSentinel · · Score: 0, Troll

    Since they only work 35 hours a week, they are easy targets. LOL...

  2. See...? by DataSquid · · Score: 0, Troll

    what happens when you stick to that 35 hour work week and insane holiday time? Other, more productive countries take your jobs. Enjoy your fake beach on the Seine...

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    DataSquid.net, a little about me.
  3. Re:Business and Government by frgough · · Score: 1, Troll

    Um, this is France. The government over there has their fingers in every aspect of business. Why do you think they're unemployment is Chronically close to 20%?

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    You can tell the character of a man by observing those who hate him.
  4. Re:Business and Government by Pxtl · · Score: 1, Troll

    Holy Right Wing Moderation Batman! Correcting the "interesting" post that French unemployment is at 10% instead of 20% is a "troll".

  5. Re:Ten percent unemployment? by Syphilis · · Score: 0, Troll
    I spoke to a Brit living in Germany for a while once, and he said, "Yeah, I pay taxes that are pretty high, but I don't have to pay for health care at all. What do you get for YOUR taxes in the states?"
    a military capable of saving Brits from Germany's repeated attempts to enslave the world?
  6. Re:French labor laws... by pete-classic · · Score: 0, Troll

    Maybe you don't know what "tits up" means?

    -Peter