"HP to cut 11,000 to 16,000 more jobs" Associated Press May 23, 2014
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Hewlett-Packard Co. said Thursday that it is cutting another 11,000 to 16,000 jobs, above a target of 34,000 the company outlined in a multi-year restructuring plan in May 2012 and offered an outlook that was below expectations.
The company said in a release that the increased cuts come ‘‘as HP continues to reengineer the workforce to be more competitive and meet its objectives.’’
Is that the euphemi$m they are using these days?
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HP’s chief executive, Meg Whitman, said in a statement that the company’s turnaround ‘‘remains on track.’’
The company also reported that net income in the three-month period ended April 30 rose 18 percent to $1.27 billion....
Imagine the job cuts were they losing money, huh?
$1.27 BILLION PROFIT in three months?
Personal computer sales — HP’s largest source of revenue — rose 7 percent to $8.2 billion as buoyant sales to businesses offset a slight consumer decline. Firms like Microsoft Corp. have shown a similar uptick as corporate clients upgrade computers due to the end of support for the 13-year-old Windows XP operating system.
In other words, it's forced economic activity and only at the corporate level.
Well, that's the AmeriKan economy in the early 21st-century.
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Also see: HP Bribery
That al$o comes with it.
