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Alienware to cut Irish jobs??

cherryghost · 2009-03-25 11:03:58

Just heard it on the radio, they're considering closing their Athlone and Miami plants and having their manufacturing under one roof in the new Dell plant in Poland. ASAIK, thats 70 jobs gone in Athlone. Opinions? Personally, I think Alienware is way overpriced in the first place, but either way, its another loss in our…

25-03-2009 12:03pm

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Just heard it on the radio, they're considering closing their Athlone and Miami plants and having their manufacturing under one roof in the new Dell plant in Poland.

ASAIK, thats 70 jobs gone in Athlone. Opinions?

Personally, I think Alienware is way overpriced in the first place, but either way, its another loss in our tech departments in Ireland :mad:

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#2 25-03-2009 12:25pm

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Seeing as they were bought by Dell a while back its no surprise they are hightailing it too.

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#3 25-03-2009 2:42pm

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http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0325/alienware.html

RTE news here

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#4 25-03-2009 2:49pm

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It makes good business sence to close down here and move to poland where wages are quater of what they are here and the government tax incentives make for huge profits

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