Hewlett Packard lays off 200 in Rio Rancho

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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