Dell prepares to lay off workers
WELL-PLACED SOURCES have told the INQ that a round of layoffs is imminent at Dell.
The numbers involved could be "pretty big" according to one source close to the company, but details on the whens the whos and the wheres are still clouded in fog.
The whys are pretty straightforward. One is that there's this downturn thing going on which means all companies are axing staff willy-nilly, cutting costs and generally working out how better to exploit the workers while keeping shareholders in Bolly and bosses in bonuses.
Another is that Dell is struggling to compete with the likes of HP which is extending its reach across Dell's markets and the Taiwanese giants Acer and Asus who are pumping out laptops and netbooks like there's no tomorrow.
Expect Dell to make an announcement later today. µ
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When is Dell not planning lay offs? God I hated working there.
Dell supplies a lot of hardware to big companies and these companies are not buying replacement hardware. Dell could be DOA before long as will be many others in the PC and other industries.
"...there's this downturn thing going on which means all companies are axing staff willy-nilly, cutting costs and generally working out how better to expolit the workers while keeping shareholders in Bolly and bosses in bonuses."
Man, you couldn't have been more succinct and accurate.
I'm not surprised - I asked Dell to quote for 50 desktop machines and around 30 servers and their desktop prices were higher by about £100 than equivalent kit from HP and Acer, and their server prices were double HP's.
Dell offered to 'have a chat' with me when they heard they had not got the business - but I don't work like that and if they were thinking of dropping their prices to win the business I'd only be asking them to explain why they were trying to shaft me with their first quote.
Oh well, there's a surprise - a British site spreading yet another negative gossips! We are all DOOMED! DID YOU HEAR?! ALL OF YOU!
Here is a reason one must avoid reading anything published in the UK to stay sane.
Dell could survive if it sold essential commodties (eg: groceries), like Walmart. Unfortunately, it pretends to be a 'technology' company. The extent of 'engineering' at Dell is limited to discussing which ODM's systems to re-badge and what is the cheapest glue to stick the Dell badge on the chassis. Oh and once in a while their "CTO" regurgitates "new technology" from powerpoint slides provided by Intel and other technology providers. Is it just a coincidence that Enron also had a "crooked" E in its logo.... seems to me that both are (or were) trading companies (not really making anything).