Apple cancels plans for off shore support in India

You_are_Fired.jpgApple has axed all 30 employees, it had hired for Apple India pvt ltd and cancelled plans for offline tech support in India. Back in March 2006, Apple had announced ambitious plans for setting up a 1,40,000 to 1,50,000 sq ft technical support center in Bangalore at an investment of 20 million dollars. At a meeting on May 29, Apple announced its decision to lay off all its employees. Apple officials told them that "the company is revaluating its operations and has thought of pulling back its Indian operations". Apple will be giving these employees a severance package of two months salary.
"It started off with building dreams. We were not given any warning. They just told us the operations would now head back to the US," said a sacked employee.

Considering companies like Dell, IBM and many others who have off shore tech support in India it is unclear why Apple decided to shut shop just over a month after it commenced operations.
Steve Dowling, an Apple spokesperson, said, "We have re-evaluated our plans and have decided to put our planned support centre growth in other countries."
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