HP CANCELS 2 WEEK HOLIDAY FOR ALL U.S. SALES STAFF

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HP CANCELS 2 WEEK
HOLIDAY FOR ALL U.S. SALES STAFF
SAN
FRANCISCO: Hewlett-Packard Co, the world’s largest personal-computer
maker, is canceling its two-week holiday break for some US sales
employees because they need to spend the time closing deals, according
to an internal e-mail.“This is a business critical decision, one that
was not made lightly,” Randy Seidl, head of Americas sales for the
enterprise storage, server and networking group, said in the Dec. 4
e-mail. The company’s goals for increasing sales and market share “make
this action a business necessity.”

Employees in the unit will be
required to work over the companywide holiday break that begins Dec.
21,It’s up to each business unit to determine what staff they need
during that period, spokesman Michael Thacker said.“We need all hands on
deck to have every business opportunity uncovered and every deal
closed,” wrote Seidl, a former sales executive with Sun Microsystems Inc
who joined Hewlett-Packard in September. “It is our understanding that
many customers are willing to invest in information technology before
budgets close at the end of the calendar year.”

US-based
employees in the unit were notified that they wouldn’t be able to take
vacation over the holiday shutdown, Thacker said. Last year,
Hewlett-Packard extended the holiday break to two weeks from one week,
part of an effort to cut costs.Employees are required to use their
vacation days during the break. The sales employees working over the
holidays won’t lose their vacation days and can carry them over into
next year, Seidl said in the e-mail.
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December 14, 2009 at 10:54 AM