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HP to relocate manufacturing from Scotland to Czech Republic

by Scott Bicheno on 28 May 2009, 16:04

Tags: Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ)

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Hewlett Packard, the world's largest PC company, has announced it will be moving the EMEA manufacture of its enterprise, storage and server production from sites in Scotland and Germany to the Czech Republic next year.

The move is part of a global restructure by HP and coincides with the announcement of a planned EMEA workforce reduction of 5,700 over the next two years.

The BBC is reporting that 843 jobs are likely to be lost at the Erskine site in Scotland, which currently employs around 1,300 in total.

Local MP Jim Sheridan is quoted by the beeb as saying: "It is disgusting. These workers are being tossed aside after helping to make vast profits for Hewlett."

 

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Posted by GoNz0 - Thu 28 May 2009 16:24
no one buy HP any more, bastids.
Posted by MadduckUK - Thu 28 May 2009 16:29
:laugh: they don't even need to come over 'ere to steal all out jobs
Posted by jim - Thu 28 May 2009 17:09
Wow, big surprise :/

I'll boycott their Mediasmart Server in support.
Posted by Brewster0101 - Fri 29 May 2009 07:43
What do people expect from large companies like this. If they can employ the same hard working work force in another country for more than half the cost, then its going to happen.

I don't agree with it, but I understand it… Bottom line is , we in the UK get paid quite high in the EU and also happen to have one of the worst work forces in the EU. Bound to happen, I think more companies that can move from UK will over the coming years.

I see Poland being a big favorite to move companies too.
Posted by crossy - Sun 31 May 2009 00:23
Brewster0101
I don't agree with it, but I understand it… Bottom line is , we in the UK get paid quite high in the EU and also happen to have one of the worst work forces in the EU. Bound to happen, I think more companies that can move from UK will over the coming years.
I'd just love to know what it is about the UK workers that makes them "the worst in the EU" - look at the facts: we don't have a tendency to militancy (like the Italians or worst still the French*) and we don't have the powerful trade unions like the Germans (worst luck - gee thanks Baroness T!). From what's been said elsewhere, employment laws in this country are some of the weakest in the EU with - if you believe the TUC - the UK Govt opting out of a lot of EU employment protection.

So far from being the worst, I'll think that you'll find that these companies are pulling out more from the UK than DE, F, I etc because it's the easiest/cheapest to do so. I also remember the statements from the various companies when they opened new plants that they were doing so in the UK because of the easy availability of highly educated/trained and highly motivated potential staff.

(* maybe that ‘worst still’ should have been ‘better still’ if their militancy gets results - in which case I'm jealous)

Brewster0101
I see Poland being a big favorite to move companies too.
This is maybe the case only if the company concerned wants to stay within the EU boundaries - but with globalism this is not necessarily the case. Heck, I know for a fact that there's large companies (including HP!) busy bailing out of their East EU holdings. Instead this work is moving to “bob-a-job” outfits in East Asia (especially China). I leave it to readers to figure out whether this means that the quality of service will be maintained! (This said with no overtone of xenophobia - merely that a service delivered purely on cost has to be a minimal service level)

Oh and before you jump to accuse me of being one of the poor unfortunates that's losing their jobs, I'm not. However, I do express my sympathies to all of them.

Bob

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