Hi
I've recently spoken to a friend of mine who's currently working for HP in Grenoble.
He told me the reason behind this layoff is quite simple : the CEOs in the States want the high paid jobs in the States and the others... in China, no matter the real cost of the people working in France. This strategy is simply better for the investissors (lay offs : good for short term ROI).
Why did he say so ? Quite simply because they're cheaper in Grenoble for some stuff than in the States (according to internal stats) but... but... it doesn't matter, HP wants these jobs to be somewhere else.
However, for him and his colleagues, it's really not a pleasure to be laid off...
At the end of the day, it shows, at least, that people should refrain to draw general conclusion without deep knowledge, or at least good research...
Cheers,
ZedroS
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Hi I've recently spoken to a friend of mine who's currently working for HP in Grenoble. He told me the reason behind this layoff is quite simple : the CEOs in the States want the high paid jobs in the States and the others... in China, no matter the real cost of the people working in France. This strategy is simply better for the investissors (lay offs : good for short term ROI). Why did he say so ? Quite simply because they're cheaper in Grenoble for some stuff than in the States (according to internal stats) but... but... it doesn't matter, HP wants these jobs to be somewhere else. However, for him and his colleagues, it's really not a pleasure to be laid off... At the end of the day, it shows, at least, that people should refrain to draw general conclusion without deep knowledge, or at least good research... Cheers, ZedroS