GOOD NEWS!!!!

MagicMarker · 10-03-2009 1:43pm #1

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0310/hewlettpackard.html

500 Hewlett Packard jobs for Leixlip

Hewlett Packard is to create 500 jobs at its base in Leixlip, Co Kildare.
The jobs will be announced with the establishment of a global services desk.
The firm already employs around 4,000 people in Ireland at its bases in Dublin, Leixlip, Galway and Belfast.
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The multi-lingual technical support centre will employ a range of people, including high-end graduates, and an element of the operation will also involve research and development.
300 jobs are to be brought on line immediately.
The new support service will deal with HP customers in 16 European languages.
The company says it decided to base the jobs in Ireland because of its access to a highly-skilled and talented labour pool.
However, some of its current staff have been affected by cuts with many taking leave in a bid to cut costs.

When was the last time we have a bit of good news eh?

500 down - 300,000 to go.

James Forde · 10-03-2009 1:44pm

well done Hugh Le't Picard!! What a guy!!

DonJose · 10-03-2009 1:46pm

Yippee 500 jobs just cost the tax payer €18,000,000

Turd Ferguson · 10-03-2009 1:46pm

bryanjf wrote: »

well done Hugh Le't Picard!! What a guy!!

Yeah, him and his brother Jean Luc have said that more jobs will be created soon :pac:

javaboy · 10-03-2009 1:48pm

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

Yeah, him and his brother Jean Luc have said that more jobs will be created soon :pac:

A victory for the Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Professey Chin · 10-03-2009 1:51pm

DonJose wrote: »

Yippee 500 jobs just cost the tax payer €18,000,000

*checks wallet*
No I dont appear to be any richer or poorer

Turd Ferguson · 10-03-2009 1:51pm

I can see this thread turning into a pun fest.
On an unrelated note, did anyone else read the thread title in the voice of Prof. Farnsworth?

ejmaztec · 10-03-2009 1:52pm

And when they've finished building their transporter device, we can engage, make it so and feck off on a mass holiday.

Professey Chin · 10-03-2009 1:55pm

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

On an unrelated note, did anyone else read the thread title in the voice of Prof. Farnsworth?

Yes

OldGoat · 10-03-2009 1:57pm

Damn multilingual foreign-language speakers, taking our jobs.

Sanjuro · 10-03-2009 2:05pm

Make it so!

Busi_Girl08 · 10-03-2009 2:10pm

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

I can see this thread turning into a pun fest.
On an unrelated note, did anyone else read the thread title in the voice of Prof. Farnsworth?

I actually thought of James May
"Good news!!"
Jezza-"What?!"
James-"The Dacia Sandero is almost here!!"
Jezza-"Great! Anyway..."

:pac:

RichTea · 10-03-2009 3:24pm

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

I can see this thread turning into a pun fest.
On an unrelated note, did anyone else read the thread title in the voice of Prof. Farnsworth?

Certainly did! :pac:

Good news everyone!

Agent Smith · 10-03-2009 3:34pm

GG HP!

banshee_bones · 10-03-2009 4:02pm

yay a thread that doesnt mention the "R" word!

Fantastic news!!

General Zod · 10-03-2009 4:04pm

banshee_bones wrote: »

yay a thread that doesnt mention the "R" word!

Fantastic news!!

Recession?

ejmaztec · 10-03-2009 4:17pm

I knew that I was doing the right thing when I bought an HP laptop. It's ironic that it replaced a sh1t Dell one that I dismantled with a lump hammer.

Busi_Girl08 · 10-03-2009 4:22pm

General Zod wrote: »

Recession?

Shhhhhhh!!!!!!

banshee_bones · 10-03-2009 5:20pm

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

Shhhhhhh!!!!!!

yeah, shhhhhhhhh it can hear you!

Mc Love · 10-03-2009 5:26pm

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

I can see this thread turning into a pun fest.
On an unrelated note, did anyone else read the thread title in the voice of Prof. Farnsworth?

Thats such a comic book guy/nerd thing to say

Turd Ferguson · 10-03-2009 5:37pm

sparkysrovers wrote: »

Thats such a comic book guy/nerd thing to say

Worst insult ever :rolleyes:

Kintarō Hattori · 10-03-2009 5:40pm

How will they be recruiting for these jobs. The missus is in need of some employment!

Saruman · 10-03-2009 5:42pm

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

I can see this thread turning into a pun fest.
On an unrelated note, did anyone else read the thread title in the voice of Prof. Farnsworth?

I did, and then I thought the God patrol were let in to After Hours again.

It is good news though... Lets hope it starts a trend.

Unpossible · 10-03-2009 5:55pm

Kintarō Hattori wrote: »

How will they be recruiting for these jobs. The missus is in need of some employment!

I've got her employment riiiiight here baby :pac:

Ri_Nollaig · 10-03-2009 5:59pm

Turd Ferguson wrote: »

I can see this thread turning into a pun fest.
On an unrelated note, did anyone else read the thread title in the voice of Prof. Farnsworth?

certainly did

thebman · 10-03-2009 6:12pm

There is a shortage it seems of English speakers with another language and an IT qualification in this country at the moment.

Creating these jobs might look good but there are few people qualified to actually do them.

rainbow kirby · 10-03-2009 6:24pm

It appears they're hiring people to do my old job. Probably for less money. Meh.

Tech3 · 10-03-2009 6:31pm

ejmaztec wrote: »

I knew that I was doing the right thing when I bought an HP laptop. It's ironic that it replaced a sh1t Dell one that I dismantled with a lump hammer.

Theres no doubt HP are at the top scale of quality laptops if not pcs. Good to see some more highly skilled jobs coming into the country.

Saruman · 10-03-2009 6:37pm

HP do quality products but calling their support line is a horrible experience. Its based in India.

10-03-2009 7:07pm

MagicMarker wrote: »

300 jobs are to be brought on line immediately.

Damn robots.

thebman · 10-03-2009 7:07pm

Saruman wrote: »

HP do quality products but calling their support line is a horrible experience. Its based in India.

As is Dells support centre. I wouldn't rate their products as high quality anyway.

They are better laptops out there IMO. I know a few people with HP laptops and they have all had hardware problems with them although I wouldn't rule out user error with the odd knock of something they shouldn't have.

kowloon · 10-03-2009 8:15pm

Good news if you're one of the people being made reduntant in Intel so, the staff hop back and forth between those two companies.

gurramok · 11-03-2009 12:06am

So they cut a couple of hundred postions recently and have implemented a 2.5%-5% paycut so net gain of 300 new jobs, hopefully more.

I did buy a HP printer recently so doing my bit

thebman · 11-03-2009 12:36am

kowloon wrote: »

Good news if you're one of the people being made reduntant in Intel so, the staff hop back and forth between those two companies.

Intel are going to start hiring too. The cuts appear to have been elimination of dead weight from both plants.

A guy I know used to work in Intel, said they do it every year and I'm guessing it is only making headlines because of the recession thing and scaremongering by the press that they were going to pull out completely or something makes for good headlines.

sdanseo · 11-03-2009 1:35am

javaboy wrote: »

A victory for the Dept. of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

Except everyone working in it, who now earns 3-10% less, including my auld fella :P

Rented Mule · 11-03-2009 4:59am

Looks like the queues in the canteen are going to get longer, and a hell of a lot less parking spots.

Zee Deveel · 11-03-2009 10:35am

Wow. A relative of mine works in that HP and as far as I know, her department is to be outsourced at some point of the next year.

GOOD NEWS!!!!

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