DELL TO SHUT-DOWN N.C. PLANT & LAY-OFF 905 EMPLOYEES

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Dell to shut N. Carolina plant, cut 905 workers
The
cost-cutting move will ax 905 jobs, with 600 workers set to be laid off
in November and the rest in January, Dell said Wednesday.”This is a
difficult decision, especially for our North Carolina colleagues, but a
necessary one for Dell customers and our company,” Frank Miller, vice
president of Dell’s Public Business Unit Supply Chain, said in a
statement.Dell had announced some layoffs at the North Carolina plant
in March but gave no indication that the plant itself might be in
danger of shutting down.This plant closure is just the latest in a
series of efforts by Dell to shrink expenses worldwide by billions of
dollars.

In 2007, the company said it would lay off 8,800
employees, or 10 percent of its global workforce. However, the company
modified that number last year, cautioning workers to expect even
deeper cuts.Over the past few years, employees in Canada, Ireland, and,
of course, the U.S. have gotten pink slips.The appetite of consumers
toward laptops over desktops was a factor behind the decision to close
the North Carolina plant, which opened four years ago. Last year, Dell
shut down its desktop manufacturing plant in Austin, Texas

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October 13, 2009 at 11:55 AM