Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Hargrove Dell Layoffs Coming to Nashville and Lebanon Today
Posted by Brantley Hargrove on Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:40 PM
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The Nashville Business Journal reported today that pink slips will proliferate among workers today at Dell's manufacturing plant in Lebanon and its distribution center in Nashville, which employ about 3,200 Middle Tennesseans.
A spokesman for Dell didn't specify how many, though he did say most would be notified by the end of the day.
Dell shuttered its desktop manufacturing division in Lebanon January, probably in response to a widespread aversion to the outmoded, space-hogging dinosaurs in favor of itty bitty laptops.
The cuts here are a part of a company-wide trimming, or, in weird business-speak, "right-sizing."
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"...widespread aversion to the outmoded, space-hogging dinosaurs in favor of itty bitty laptops."
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Posted by
Emmett Flatus
on 03/11/2009 at 3:49 PM
I wonder if they are getting a severance. I did when I jumped ship 2 years ago and encouraged my coworkers to follow me if they got the chance. Some did and some didn't.
Posted by
Joey
on 03/11/2009 at 5:02 PM
outmoded, space-hogging dinosaurs in favor of itty bitty laptops
Hmmmm... Half the performance at twice the price - sounds good to me!
Posted by
TobintheGnome
on 03/12/2009 at 9:24 AM
I just purchased a Dell Inspiron from the Dell webiste and it came from their plant in Tennesse..the funny thing is that the computer has a sticker: Made in China..!!
Now I understand why Dell is laying off all their american workers...
Posted by
Jessica
on 03/12/2009 at 1:27 PM
