Hewlett-Packard trims Colorado workforce

FORT COLLINS — Seventy jobs will be cut from Hewlett-Packard Co.’s Colorado payroll by the end of April, part of the computer giant’s move to cut its worldwide work force by 2 percent.

The affected employees, mostly in marketing positions, were told in early March that they would be given until April 30 to find new jobs within the company or leave.

The marketing jobs were targeted because H-P has reduced its number of product lines from 83 to 17 as part of a strategy to focus on Internet business. Overlap in marketing tasks meant a surplus of employees in those positions.

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