Seagate will reduce jobs by approximately 10 percent in the United States, which is roughly 2 percent of the vendor's global headcount. Seagate said that the restructuring will impact a broad range of departments, including R&D, and comes in response to the current economic environment. Also on Monday, the disk-drive maker ousted Bill Watkins as president and CEO, and replaced him with Stephen Luczo, the company's chairman.
