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ABOUT 400 jobs are at risk here as a result of computer giant Hewlett -Packard’s latest plans to cut its global workforce.
The company is looking to cut just short of 25,000 jobs across its worldwide operations over the next three years.
A spokesperson for the company — which employs about 4,000 people across manufacturing facilities in Leixlip and Dublin, and administration offices in Galway and Belfast — said that it was too early to know if Ireland would be affected.
The bulk of HP’s operations here should be safe, however. This is partly because the company has said that about half of the 24,600 or so job cuts would be in the US and partly down to the fact that a lot of the rationalisation will be taking place at EDS — the business services outsourcing firm that HP acquired last month.
HP is looking to merge the EDS business into the greater workings of the group and streamline the business to make annual savings of about €1.27bn.
About 400 people work for EDS in its Irish operations. It is not clear whether or not they will be affected by the job cuts.
Three years ago, HP said that 200 jobs were going in Ireland as it looked to cut 6,000 jobs across its Europe, Middle East and Africa division.
The latest costcutting measure from the company came as speculation about Dell’s future in Ireland grew stronger.
The computer giant employs about 4,300 people here — 3,000 at its manufacturing facility in Limerick.
Latest feeling is that the company is looking to move its Irish operations to Poland.
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