The Chinese computer maker is set to make more than 40 staff redundant at its base in Pottery Street.

It comes only five months after the ‘x-86’ computer server business was transferred from IBM to Lenovo in a £1.4 billion deal.

An employee, who asked not to be named, told the Telegraph that staff were angry about the job losses.

He said: “After being transferred from IBM, we were told by Lenovo in January that they were in this for the long haul, so it is very disappointing to see that their promises mean nothing.” The employee said many very experienced people are being asked to leave the company.

He said: “Volunteers are being sought for redundancy.

“But we have been told that, if we don’t accept the offer, then there are likely to be involuntary redundancies at a lower level of money.” He added: “This does not bode well for Lenovo’s plan for Greenock. And it leaves IBM’s Spango Valley call centre as the last remnants of what used to be a company employing in excess of 5,000 people locally.” The Tele reported last year that it was feared all Lenovo operations relating to the x-86 server business would be moved to China during the second quarter of 2014.

We also told of how it was believed that up to 200 local jobs could go as a result of the deal with Lenovo — the world’s biggest personal computer maker.

A Lenovo spokesman insisted today that it is not making any forced redundancies in Greenock.

He said: “As with any large organisation, it is necessary from time to time to review resources to ensure we have the best shape business to fulfil our ambitions and meet our business goals.” He added: “This is not unusual, and is part of our ongoing business planning process.” The spokesman declined to say how many worked for Lenovo in Greenock.

He said: “Unfortunately we don’t share employee number breakouts across offices/regions.

“But I can confirm that it is mainly customer fulfilment and global supply chain in Pottery Street.”