Dell's decision to axe almost 2,000 staff in Ireland will prove
costly when the company announces its fourth quarter results next
month, and more job cuts could follow.
The company expects to take a $135m charge on the redundancies
and a transfer of the work to its Polish plant and contract
manufacturers by 2011.
The planned job cuts were part of $3bn in cost reductions to be
made by Dell by the end of 2011. They follow almost 9,000 job cuts
at Dell already completed by the end of last year, and more could
follow those in Ireland.
The company
said it will take additional cost-reduction steps during fiscal
2010, which begins on 31 January.
Dell warned it will also incur a $145m charge related to
stock-based compensation.
The company will announce its fourth quarter results on 26
February.