- Tech layoffs in the Bay Area continue, with Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hitachi Vantara, and Cepheid announcing new job cuts.
- HPE is cutting 52 positions in San Jose, mainly in cloud development, engineering, and product management, following a global plan to reduce 2,500 jobs.
- Hitachi Vantara will permanently eliminate 128 jobs in Santa Clara starting December 31, affecting software engineering, marketing, and customer support.
- Cepheid is reducing 34 positions in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties as COVID-19 test demand declines and operations move to Lodi.
- These cuts add to a growing list of tech layoffs in 2025, joining recent reductions from Amazon, Meta, Applied Materials, and Google.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/layoffs-hpe-hitachi-vantara-21140900.php
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@10a Yes, DONE in 6 months to a year.. listen to some of the other replies on here! they have it exactly right. They are 5+ years too late to the game, Amer accounts are all but gone. Its positioned nicely to be sold off in chunks or merged in with someone else.
@vj depends on the market. Hv is maintaining in apac and emea, but imo hv is completely done in amer which was their largest market. If they cant even maintain revenue during the hottest years of data center investments of all time, a time where data center investments are driving nearly all the positive growth of the entire region while everything else struggles, there is no upside. Both the hardware and software are being rejected by amer over competitors. Either hitachi ltd steps in and completely cleans house, sells the subsidiary for scraps under the guise of a merger or similar, or closes all amer operations and focuses solely on emea and apac. The first option optics are okay and maintains hitachi ltd appearance, the second would show weakness, and the third would be completely admitting defeat. So predicting the outcome largely depends on where you think the ego of hitachi ltd leadership resides on a global level. Hv is not coming back from this if it cant come back in the current ai-driven data center market. Because once the ai bubble pops or lets off steam, hv will take an even larger hit than it is now.
@vj HAHAHA HV is done in 6 months to a year? HAHAHA negative. These companies do layoffs from time to time. They aren't going anywhere. Stop thinking your value means more than it does.
And to those downranking this comment: Su-k it up buttercup.
@vj It seems too obvious now that it will be like that. Anyone with a brain can see through all spin going on right now.
6 months to a year, HV is done .
How many people are in HQ? Isn't that practically everyone?