Silicon Valley started downsizing, also have iron rice bowl-Silicon Valley hardware engineer, Cisco, layoffs-IT information
Technology, earn more, which has always been recognized. This year, however, Silicon Valley has been downsizing, hardware engineer nor a bowl slightly.
According to Reuters, Cisco (CSCO.O) on Wednesday announced plans to cut 5,500 jobs , analysts and recruiters say, this wouldn't be the last round of layoffs in Silicon Valley, because of rapid changes in technology, the hardware industry struggles to keep up the pace.
Analysts pointed out that traditionally the main source of profit for selling computers, chips, servers, routers and other equipment operators are particularly at risk, because of increasing importance of mobile applications and cloud computing.
Before Cisco announced layoffs, Intel (INTC.O) announced in April that it would cut 12,000 jobs. Dell said in January that it would cut 10,000 people expected to complete for the $ 67 billion acquisition of storage equipment maker EMC (EMC.N), Dell will also further downsizing.
Under the human resources consulting business, Challenger, Gray & Christmas figures so far this year, United States industry has laid off about 63,000 people. "High-tech industries are experiencing a serious deconstruction," said Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry, "will also have more pain. ”
Chowdhry said as more companies from Amazon (AMZN.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) companies such as order "super service", he expects the number of layoffs will rise sharply. He said that such services for enterprise hardware, software, network, and database so that they no longer need workers and management of all kinds of technical problems.
Chowdhry in January predicted technology industry layoffs this year will reach 330,000. On Wednesday he will be up to 370,000. But other analysts say this forecast is too pessimistic.
Analysts said IBM (IBM.N), HP (HPE.N), Oracle (ORCL.N) and Dell could be the next batch of layoffs business.
HP, Dell and Oracle declined to comment, and cannot immediately be reached by Reuters to comment on IBM.
"Current technology firms are preparing this seismic change," says Glenn O'Donnell, an analyst of Forrester research. "We will commence with this reform, accompanied by considerable damage, not just for Cisco. "Cisco and other technology companies have been seeking to software-driven business transformation of services, but it is a challenging one.
Software as a service margin than hardware, software, recurring revenue business, "cost less personnel involved," said Endpoint Technologies Associates analyst Roger Kay.
This may mean that there will be more layoffs. Headhunting for Cisco and other tech companies laid off in Silicon Valley are divided over the fate of hardware engineers.
"No one wants to go, but if layoffs inevitable, 2016 are good," technology headhunter Robert Half Technologies Senior Managing Director John Reed said.
But Hunter says, hardware engineers to find a job, may need to have flexibility, and willing to accept re-education.
"Nobody wants to be hardware designers and engineers," an executive-search firm SPMB AndyPrice said.
At present, he said, "hardware engineers is perhaps Silicon Valley's most attractive technical work. ”
According to ivyboost.com introduced, computer hardware engineers research, design, development, and test computer systems and components, such as processors, circuit boards, memory, network, and routers.
It was reported that range throughout the United States, the distribution of computer hardware engineers is not proportional. Data as of May 2015, the number of leads is home to Silicon Valley, California, computer hardware engineer was 26,990; people are tough to 5,320, Texas ranks second in the number of, and falls far short of California. Maryland was third, computer hardware engineers 3,960 people, followed by Colorado and Massachusetts.
硅谷掀起裁员风，硬件工程师也非铁饭碗 - 硅谷,思科,裁员 - IT资讯
学技术，赚得多，这一直都是公认的事情。然而这年头，硅谷掀起了裁员风，硬件工程师也不是铁饭碗咯。
据路透社报道，思科（CSCO.O）周三宣布计划裁员5,500人，分析师及招聘者表示，这恐怕不是硅谷最后一轮的裁员行动，因科技日新月异，硬件业者难以跟上脚步。
分析师指出，传统上主要获利来源为销售电脑、芯片、服务器、路由器等设备的业者特别岌岌可危，因移动应用及云计算的重要性与日俱增。
在思科宣布裁员行动之前，英特尔（INTC.O）才在4月宣布将裁员1.2万人。戴尔1月表示将裁员1万人，预料在完成以670亿美元收购储存设备制造商EMC（EMC.N）之后，戴尔还将进一步缩编。
根据人力谘询业者Challenger, Gray & Christmas的数据，今年至今美国科技业者已经裁员约6.3万人。“高科技产业正经历着严重的解构，”Global Equities Research分析师Trip Chowdhry表示，“还将历经更多的苦痛。”
Chowdhry称，随着更多公司从亚马逊（AMZN.O）和微软（MSFT.O）等企业订购“超级云服务”，他预计裁员数量将大幅上升。他说，这类服务为企业管理硬件、软件、网络和数据库，使它们不再需要工人管理各类技术方面的问题。
Chowdhry在1月时预测，今年科技产业的裁员数量将达到33万。周三他将预测上调至37万个。但其他分析师称这个预测过于悲观。
分析师们称，IBM（IBM.N）、惠普（HPE.N）、甲骨文（ORCL.N）和戴尔可能是下一批裁员的企业。
惠普、戴尔和甲骨文拒绝置评，路透暂不能立即联系上IBM置评。
“当前的科技巨头都在这场地震般的变革做准备，”Forrester研究的分析师Glenn O'Donnell表示。“我们预计随着这场变革展开，会附带很大破坏，不仅仅是对于思科。”思科及其他传统科技公司一直在谋求向以软件为主导的服务业务转型，但这颇具挑战。
软件服务利润率超过硬件，因为软件业务带来经常性营收，而“成本方面涉及的人员较少，”Endpoint Technologies Associates分析师Roger Kay表示。
这可能意味着将出现更多裁员。硅谷猎头对思科等科技公司裁掉的硬件工程师的命运看法不一。
“没人想被裁掉，但如果裁员不可避免，那么2016年还算时候不错，”科技猎头公司Robert Half Technologies高级常务董事John Reed表示。
但猎头还称，硬件工程师要想找到工作，可能需具备灵活性，并且愿意接受再教育。
“没人想要硬件设计师和工程师，”高管猎头公司SPMB的AndyPrice表示。
目前，他说，“硬件工程师也许是硅谷最没有吸引力的技术工种了。”
据ivyboost.com介绍，计算机硬件工程师负责研究，设计，开发，以及测试计算机系统与组件，如处理器，电路板，记忆体，网络，和路由器。
据报道，在全美范围内，计算机硬件工程师的分布并不平均。截至2015年5月的数据，人数领跑的是硅谷所在地加州，计算机硬件工程师的人数为26,990；民风彪悍的得克萨斯州以5,320的人数位列第二，与加州相差甚远。马里兰州位列第三，计算机硬件工程师的人数为3,960，科罗拉多州和马萨诸塞州紧随其后。