4 thousand workers at Hewlett-Packard in Galway and Kildare are waiting to hear if their jobs will be affected after the company announced its to cut its global workforce by 8 per cent.
The computer giant last night confirmed that some 27-thousand jobs are to be cut worldwide by the end of 2014.
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There’s no word yet on whether the 4-thousand staff at Leixlip in Co. Kildare and Ballybrit in Galway city will be affected.
It’s understood the growing popularity of smartphones, the iPad and other mobile devices has made it tougher for the firm to sell personal computers.
