HP employee says layoff notices are out
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Employees at Hewlett-Packard in Corvallis received layoff notices Monday, according to employees who spoke to KVAL TV on condition of anonymity.
The scope of Monday's layoffs is still unclear, but some Corvallis workers are losing their jobs.
Employees aren't talking publicly about this layoff because they say they're scared. An employee who spoke on condition of anonymity told KVAL that they've been warned by HP that if they talk about the layoffs, they'll likely lose their severance package.
That employee shared with a reporter a copy of the severance package that they were handed today.
The document sets out the guideline for what the company calls a "workforce reduction program." This employee said that according to the severance package, they'll still get a chance to work while searching for a new job.
One employee said managers initially said the layoffs would be about 40 percent of the people in the division that makes wafers, or about 500 people.
Internal reports obtained by The Oregonian newspaper earlier this month said 300 jobs could be lost.
A spokesman at HP in California couldn't confirm the layoffs, but he did say that the company announced plans to re-align and streamline their organization last June.
HP spokesman Scott Stalla sent us this statement from the company Monday:
"As part of the HP Imaging and Printing Group's (IPG) continued Print 2.0 transformation, the business announced plans in June 2008 to realign and streamline its organization by reducing the number of its global business units from five to three customer solutions-oriented businesses. The realignment of IPG's business entails shifting resources from slower growing businesses to new business opportunities. In some cases, parts of IPG's business will experience reductions while investments will be made in high growth segments of the business. These decisions will be made at the level of the global business unit and are not specific to HP sites. Consistent with its transformation, IPG will continue to proactively manage the challenges of the current market and consider changes that will position the business to win today and in the future."
