Hi, I'm a former WD employee who lives in Irvine. I don't have any solid information. But the company keeps saying that the integration with HGST will save hundreds of millions of dollars in OpEx every year. The main way that can happen is a very big reduction in workforce. Wall Street is now expecting that reduction in OpEx. WD Irvine is the home to the least profitable part of WD - the consumer HDD's. The profitable stuff is up in the Bay Area. My sense - and I could be wrong but don't think I am - is the WD Irvine will take significant job cuts in 2016. Probably much more than the little cuts that happened in 2015. Makes me sad, because WD is a great contributor to our community.
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If WD Irvine is slashed, will "headquarters" stay in Irvine? The new president is in San Jose.