Chip maker NXP is planning to be the world between 700 and 900 jobs are to be deleted, including 150 in the Netherlands. The research departments are not affected by the layoff. How many redundancies there will be, is not yet clear.
A part of the 150 jobs which will disappear through forced redundancy should be, says the new director of the Dutch branch of NXP, Guidio Dierick, opposite Tweakers. “A part we fix with temporary contracts are not renewed, and there will be retirements,” says Dierick. “And I’m sure there will also be a number of people volunteered to leave. But not all of the 150 jobs that disappear will that be the case.”
According to Dierick, the redundancies are the result of the faltering economy. “That remains moderate,” says Dierick. “We sit for years with a disappointing economy. A long time we have hoped that it would attract, but it continues to take. Certainly in Europe.” He admits, however, that NXP in recent years has achieved good results. “It went pretty good last year, and better than the competition,” says Dierick. That has however also a disadvantage: “If the competing companies aren’t going well, they still have the factories full. Than decrease, therefore the prices. Who are therefore under pressure.”
The redundancies will mainly fall on support functions. “In the research we want to understand investing,” says Dierick. “There, we understand, for up to 25 new jobs.” In addition, the company wants to save on other things. “We will be less consultants to hire,” says Dierick. Also, some it projects are cancelled, or more efficiently be done. Also less travel belongs to the plans.
In 2008 deleted NXP all 4500 jobs worldwide, of which 1300 in the Netherlands. At the time, was also one of the factories in Nijmegen closed. The company was originally part of Philips, but in 2010, sold that company his last shares in NXP. The years before had Philips the majority of shares all of the hand done.