Dell to slash more than 1,200 jobs

Iria · Feb 2, 2008, 12:21 AM

Source: CNNMoney
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AUSTIN (AP) -- Dell Inc. is cutting more than 1,200 jobs, about 900 of them at a call center in Canada, as the computer maker reduces its sales and support work force.

It's one of the biggest rounds of layoffs at Dell since May, when the company announced it would reduce its work force by 10%. The company had 88,500 employees worldwide at the end of October.

coldfrontt · Feb 2, 2008, 12:45 AM

The whole damn call centre in Edmonton is closing. It was considered one of the best in the company. I left in November for other reasons, but it was a fun place to work.

IvanV · Feb 2, 2008, 01:14 AM

Good for you, you found yourself a new job in time.

BlueMak · Feb 2, 2008, 02:35 AM

I feel very sorry for the people left without a job because of this.

Feb 2, 2008, 12:21 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 87	Dell to slash more than 1,200 jobs Source: CNNMoney ___________ AUSTIN (AP) -- Dell Inc. is cutting more than 1,200 jobs, about 900 of them at a call center in Canada, as the computer maker reduces its sales and support work force. It's one of the biggest rounds of layoffs at Dell since May, when the company announced it would reduce its work force by 10%. The company had 88,500 employees worldwide at the end of October.

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coldfrontt DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: canada Posts: 248 Rep Power: 0	The whole damn call centre in Edmonton is closing. It was considered one of the best in the company. I left in November for other reasons, but it was a fun place to work. __________________ [color=blue]TANSTAAFL![/color]

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IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,649 Rep Power: 280 System Specs	Good for you, you found yourself a new job in time. __________________ Our Folding@home stats:

Feb 2, 2008, 02:35 AM	#4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,242 Rep Power: 326 System Specs	I feel very sorry for the people left without a job because of this. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*