Hikvision USA Starts Layoffs
By: John Honovich, Published on Sep 18, 2018Login to read this IPVM report.
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John Honovich
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** ********** ******* *** much ********* ***** ** spend / **** *** 200 ********* ***** ***** be * **** *********** number *** **** * large *** ******* ************ manufacturer.
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******* **** ******* * very **** **** **** is ******* ********* ** my **********. ** * salesman - * **** ways ** ********* *********** who **** **** *** category *** *********. **** could ** ** ************ the **** ** ***** accreditation (***:*****), *** ************* to **** *** ************ warranty ** *** ****** (usually * *****), **** of ********** ** ********** projects *** *** **** goes **.
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John Honovich
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John Honovich
***, ** ****** *****, Hikvision's *** ********* **** declined *** ******, **** what ** **** ****, through *********. *******, ********* has *** **** *** wide **** *****. ******, we **** ********* *** has ***** ** **** people **** *******.
***, **** *** ********* in *****, **** **** make ****** ******* *** the **** **** ********* that ********* ** ****** to **** ** ** the **, ******* ********** costs *** ********** *****.
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