Following
the recent announcement that HP planned a 7.5% reduction in its global
workforce, the US corporation has announced that it expects 133 jobs to be lost
in Ireland. The job losses arise from the need to eliminate duplication
following HP's acquisition of EDS. Some 400 Irish EDS became HP employees as a
result of the takeover earlier this year.
While HP will be offering a severance package,
according to a statement issued by the company, "HP will make every effort
where possible to re-deploy impacted individuals". HP employs some 4,000
staff in Ireland with the majority in Leixlip, Co. Kildare and several hundred
in Galway.
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