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发帖数: 1154 | 1 The “reduction in workforce” telegraphed by HP a few weeks ago appears to
finally be taking place, according to a source inside the company.
Apparently the formal emails have gone out and the entire San Diego Software
unit is being rolled up. The number laid off is around 500, which tallies
with previous estimates of up to 525.
It’s not much of a surprise, since following the untimely death of the
TouchPad and webOS, it was really only a matter of time before the software
groups directly responsible for maintaining those products would be
eliminated. The jobs are reportedly moving to Shanghai and Yehud, Israel,
where HP already has R&D centers.
The news comes as new CEO Meg Whitman is said to be reconsidering the idea
of spinning off the PC-making portion of HP. The loss of the webOS unit was
inevitable after Apotheker had second thoughts about the billion-dollar
acquisition, but the remainder of his bold but perhaps misguided strategy
for the company isn’t as binding.
Note: however likely it may be, this news is not confirmed, as we do not
have the internal email, but if our source is kind enough to forward a
redacted copy, we’ll reprint it here. | S*******h
发帖数: 7021 | 2 The Palm/WebOS team is located in Sunnyvale San Jose, not in San Diego.
Maybe the jobs that go offshore belong to another group. | i*****T
发帖数: 1855 | 3 唉，众wsn们high着搞tp，殊不知一批同样的人正郁闷着。大家刷机的同时bless一下吧 |
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