Two hundred workers in Rio Rancho are getting pink slips.
Computer
company Hewlett Packard announced the layoffs on Monday. The company is
consolidating its workforce and New Mexicans are paying the price.
KOAT reports
that when they tried to talk with employees, they would not respond. They
have received strict instructions from their bosses to not talk to the media
about the layoffs.
Hewlett Packard officials said all customer support
currently delivered from Rio Rancho will be transitioned to Alpharetts , Ga.
Rio Rancho and the state gave millions of dollars in tax incentives to
Hewlett Packard to create jobs, not take them away.
According to research
conducted by the New York Times, between the years of 2008 and 2011, Rio Rancho
gave more than $14 million to Hewlett Packard, all of that grant money.
Hewlett
Packard said the first phase of layoffs will happen over the next few weeks. The
last round of layoffs will come by the end of October.
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