Asus and MSI will reduce staff by ten percent.

KommentariiVseobschaya optimizatsiya22.01.2009IT companies began publishing financial crisis otchetyKompanii Asus and MSI will reduce staffing by about ten percent, DigiTimes reports citing sources at the producers of computers. All of the companies will be laid off just under a half thousand people.
Asus dismiss 460 people. By reducing podpadut staff mobile units, as well as the department for the production of optical cables. In addition, staff will be reduced by controlling the services.
Of the MSI will be dismissed one thousand people working in the company's offices worldwide. One fifth of the members of MSI, a result of the reduction works in the Taiwan office of the company.
Asus representatives confirm that the intention of reducing staff in order to optimize costs. In the MSI states that it does not plan massive cuts and lay-offs are an integral part of the work process.
Recall that in recent months, many IT-companies have begun to reduce staff in order to optimize costs in a time of economic crisis. In particular, Pioneer 12 February announced the decision to dismiss 10 thousand employees. Earlier it was reported on the cuts in Texas Instruments, IBM, Sony, Intel and other companies.