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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Layoffs

March 2025

Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced a layoff affecting 2,500 employees (5% of its workforce) in March 2025. The company operates in the Hardware sector.

People Affected

2,500

Percentage

Announced Date

Mar 6, 2025

About

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is laying off 2,500 employees, representing about 5% of its workforce, as part of a cost-cutting initiative announced in early 2025. The company, a major data center equipment maker with approximately 61,000 employees, is implementing these reductions over the next 18 months to achieve $350 million in gross savings by fiscal 2027. This decision follows weak financial guidance and challenges in the server market, including heavy discounting on traditional servers and an inventory buildup for AI systems due to a shift to next-generation Nvidia GPUs. The layoffs reflect broader efforts to streamline operations amid market pressures.