As PC shipments plummet for the seventh consecutive quarter, it's said that Dell is having to tighten its belt. January 9, 2014 5:19 PM PST Dell headquarters in Round Rock, Texas. (Credit: Dell) Dell appears to be feeling the effects of the PC market's downward slide. According to The Register, the company is said to be laying off a large portion of its staff from offices around the world. Reportedly, Dell is looking to cut 20 percent of its US-based sales staff and 30 percent of its sales and marketing staff from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company wouldn't say how many people this totaled up to. Sources familiar with the matter told The Register that along with laying off employees that work in the PC department, Dell is also cutting staff from other departments like enterprise software and storage. One source told The Register it was "[as if Dell were saying] let's shrink everything." Related stories PC shipments continue decline, slip 6.9 percent in Q4 2013 Sharp's IGZO display tech: Think iPad Mini -- and Dell's XPS 15 Chromebooks surge at business in 2013, researcher says Microsoft-Intel 2-in-1 tablets have legs but still wobbly Dell Venue 11 Pro: The anti-iPad Worldwide PC shipments, including desktops and laptops, suffered their seventh consecutive quarter of decline last quarter, according to stats released Thursday by Gartner. Over the last two years, tablets and smartphones have replaced PCs -- contributing to the decline. Global PC shipments for 2013 totaled 315.9 million units, declining 10 percent from 2012. Lenovo overtook Hewlett-Packard as the leading vendor in 2013, while Dell held steady in the third spot. In a statement regarding the layoffs, Dell said that it "continuously evaluates and implements opportunities to improve our operational effectiveness and allocate our resources. When necessary, we'll continue to make tough decisions to help ensure our long-term success -- some of these decisions may affect our workforce. We are committed to building upon our multi-channel approach to serving customers -- channel, online, and direct -- and are investing in sales coverage and training."
As PC shipments plummet for the seventh consecutive quarter, it's said that Dell is having to tighten its belt.
Dell headquarters in Round Rock, Texas.
(Credit: Dell)
Dell appears to be feeling the effects of the PC market's downward slide. According to The Register, the company is said to be laying off a large portion of its staff from offices around the world.
Reportedly, Dell is looking to cut 20 percent of its US-based sales staff and 30 percent of its sales and marketing staff from Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company wouldn't say how many people this totaled up to.
Sources familiar with the matter told The Register that along with laying off employees that work in the PC department, Dell is also cutting staff from other departments like enterprise software and storage.
One source told The Register it was "[as if Dell were saying] let's shrink everything."
Related stories
- PC shipments continue decline, slip 6.9 percent in Q4 2013
- Sharp's IGZO display tech: Think iPad Mini -- and Dell's XPS 15
- Chromebooks surge at business in 2013, researcher says
- Microsoft-Intel 2-in-1 tablets have legs but still wobbly
- Dell Venue 11 Pro: The anti-iPad
Worldwide PC shipments, including desktops and laptops, suffered their seventh consecutive quarter of decline last quarter, according to stats released Thursday by Gartner. Over the last two years, tablets and smartphones have replaced PCs -- contributing to the decline.
Global PC shipments for 2013 totaled 315.9 million units, declining 10 percent from 2012. Lenovo overtook Hewlett-Packard as the leading vendor in 2013, while Dell held steady in the third spot.
In a statement regarding the layoffs, Dell said that it "continuously evaluates and implements opportunities to improve our operational effectiveness and allocate our resources. When necessary, we'll continue to make tough decisions to help ensure our long-term success -- some of these decisions may affect our workforce. We are committed to building upon our multi-channel approach to serving customers -- channel, online, and direct -- and are investing in sales coverage and training."
