思科疯狂裁员6500人，墨西哥厂转让给富士康

旧金山的网络设备巨头思科系统公司（Cisco System Inc.）表示，将削减约6500个职位，其中包括2100名选择自愿提前退休的员工。该裁员计划同时还包括在副总裁及以上职位的高管人数减少15%。 思科公司表示公司将花费13亿美元用来一次性裁员，如遣散费及福利保障。本次裁员也将裁去全球正式员工的9%。 思科表示，美国、加拿大和部分国家的员工将受到此次裁员的影响，该公司将会在今年8月的第一周正式通知被裁员工。思科将会依据各国的法律和相关规定，随后通知全球各国被裁的员工。 思科同时宣布，该公司将把位于墨西哥华雷斯市的一家机顶盒制造工厂出售给台湾代工制造巨头富士康，这一交易将会把大约5000名思科员工转移给富士康。这一交易预计将会在2012财年的第一财季内完成。 “与富士康的密切合作多年后，我们知道他们是思科公司强大的长期战略合作伙伴，并致力于开创北美市场成功的未来，”思科执行副总裁和首席运营官Gary Moore表示。“我们将继续全力支持我们的服务提供商客户和合作伙伴，并会继续投资现有的和新的视频平台，包括机顶盒，这是我们的Videoscape Vision的一部分。” 6500人也许只是个开始 截至今年4月底，思科共有73408名员工。投资银行Gleacher & Co分析师布莱恩-马绍尔（Brian Marshall）上周一曾表示，思科可能将裁员5000人，此举将帮助思科实现下一财年削减10亿美元费用的目标。不过该分析师在上周二在接受采访时又表示，到8月底，思科的最终裁员人数可能达到7000人。报道称，思科将最多裁员1万人。 在过去几个季度，思科股价下跌后，思科正在急剧削减成本，并将其重点转移到其企业业务上。 思科股价周一在纳斯达克市场常规交易中下跌0.16美元，跌幅为0.99%，报收于15.44美元。过去52周，思科最低股价为14.78美元，最高为26.00美元。 编译：Luffy Liu 本文授权编译自 EE Times，版权所有，谢绝转载 参考英文原文：Cisco to cut 6,500 jobs, sell plant,by Dylan McGrath

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{pagination} Cisco to cut 6,500 jobs, sell plant Dylan McGrath SAN FRANCISCO—Networking gear giant Cisco Systems Inc. said Tuesday (July 18) it would cut about 6,500 jobs across its global workforce as part of a plan to reduce operating expenses by about $1 billion per year. The 6,500 job cuts—about 9 percent of Cisco's regular full-time workforce—include about 2,100 employees who elected to participate in a voluntary early retirement program, Cisco (San Jose, Calif.) said. Roughly 15 percent of the layoffs will be vice presidents and higher ranking executives, Cisco said. All affected employees will receive severance pay and outplacement assistance Cisco said. Cisco said it expects to recognize total pre-tax restructuring charges to its financial results of no more than $1.3 billion over several quarters for severance and other one-time termination benefits. Also Monday, Cisco said Foxconn International Holdings Ltd. agreed to buy Cisco's set-top box manufacturing facility in Juarez, Mexico. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. But Cisco said roughly 5,000 people employed at the site would become Foxconn employees in the first quarter of 2012. The 5,000 employees transferred to Foxconn as part of the agreement were not including in the 6,500 job cut announced Monday, Cisco said. Cisco assumed ownership of the Juarez plant when it bought Scientific Atlanta in 2006, the company said. The facility manufactures video and telecommunications equipment for the service provider market. "After working closely with Foxconn for many years, we know they are a strong strategic fit with Cisco's long-term goals and are committed to a successful future in North America, said Gary Moore, Cisco executive vice president and chief operating officer, in a statement. "We remain fully committed to our service provider customers and partners, and will continue investing in existing and new video platforms, including set-top-boxes, as part of our Videoscape vision." Analysts have been expecting Cisco to cut jobs since the company turned in disappointing quarterly numbers in May. According to the Wall Street Journal, analysts had pegged the number of layoffs at between 5,000 and 10,000.