Blackberry fires 300 employees at its headquarters at Waterloo - Silicon News

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is the first phase of a much larger plan cuts will affect about 4,500 employees.

class=”date”> meta-prep-author”> The 9 October, 2013 by Rosalia Rozalén

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BlackBerry situation in the wave of layoffs was to be expected .

ads the manufacturer has starred in the last month part of a larger restructuring plan designed to reduce the 50% of business expenditure for 2015.

In this context, just reach out turn to 300 employees headquartered in Waterloo (Canada). The layoffs this week are the first phase of a much larger drain will affect about 4,500 employees.

still unclear which divisions are suffering these cuts now, but sources close to the company describes as “quite large” according to AllThingsD.

“We are in a transition period and we must focus on improving our financial results to regain our position and compete in today’s mobile environment”, issued BlackBerry a statement confirming the resignation.

“ recognize the hard work of our employees local company name and the difficulty of having to give this story”.

Tags: blackberry, layoffs, cutbacks, restructuring.