Dell cuts 1,700 jobs
Dell Computer Corp has said it will cut some 1,700 full-time jobs.
Most of the cuts will be in administrative, marketing and product-support functions in its Central Texas operations.
The cuts will affect 4% of its staff.
Some of the job cuts "are the result of Dell's lower expectations for industry and company growth", while others come amid redundancies following recent reorganisation of several business units.
Reductions are being made at all organizational levels.
Dell says the job cuts "will help extend its fundamental competitive advantages despite soft global economic conditions and overall demand for computer systems".
At the end of its fiscal fourth-quarter 2001 two weeks ago, Dell employed 22,000 people in Central Texas and 40,200 worldwide.
Company operations in Middle Tennessee and international locations are not affected by the cuts.
