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Dell to shift from Ireland to Poland

by on09 January 2009

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Over 2,400 to lose jobs due to the move

Dell continues to seek ways to reduce costs to remain competitive in a tough environment; and to that end the company has announced that it will be making a shift from its Irish workforce to its Polish facility, instead.

The move, of course, isn’t popular with the workers in the Irish facilities. After the cuts, Dell is going to continue to keep 1,100 jobs in the Limerick facility as well as 1,300 in the Dublin facility for the time being. According to reports, estimates suggest that four to five jobs are relying on Dell employees in Ireland, as the company is single handedly responsible for an incredible five percent of the country’s gross domestic product and is the country’s second largest employer.

Since the opening of the Lodz, Poland facility, Dell workers in Ireland have been slowly replaced by their Polish counterparts. Some suggest that the move to Poland is about the company’s ability to make an extra three percent in savings over the same assembly line workers in Ireland. Dell has been letting workers go at the Limerick facility for some time now, as we have previously reported.

Dell will be giving employees severance packages that are said to be very generous in light of the situation. Still, with a country that has an unemployment rate of nearly eight percent, the job loss is expected to have a greater impact, with many workers struggling to find another source of employment. The Dell assembly line jobs were some of the best jobs available, with many employees having many years of experience.
Last modified on 09 January 2009
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