SAP lays off undisclosed number of workers

[OhioChick]

Source: Computer World

The move is part of a previously announced plan to trim 3,000 jobs

March 16, 2009 (IDG News Service) SAP AG laid off an undisclosed number of employees last week as part of its previously announced plan to trim 3,000 jobs, a company spokesman confirmed Monday.

The enterprise software giant had recently said it hoped to lower its head count to 48,500 by taking "full advantage of attrition," but apparently that tactic alone has not been enough.

Comments on the cuts began to surface in recent days on the social messaging service Twitter, with one poster reporting that layoffs were made at SAP's Palo Alto, Calif., lab.

"The cuts were not directed at any one particular discipline or area of our business," said SAP spokesman Andy Kendzie. "It was really across the board."

Kendzie declined to provide details on the jobs affected.




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[Double T]

1. The employment hemorrhaging appears to be endless.

The American worker is being slaughtered at every level and discipline.

[ChromeFoundry]

2. More than a hemorrhage, they are taking limbs! n/t

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

3. SAP is a cult

give them a few more years and they will be giving scientology a run for their money,