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28/05/2012

RIM to lay off at least 12 percent of workforce in restructuring effort, says Globe and Mail

RIM to lay off at least 12 percent of workforce in restructuring effort, says Globe and Mail: Blackbery logo poster 1024 verge wm






According to The Globe and Mail, RIM is getting ready to axe at least 2,000 employees in "the next couple of weeks." The move would see the struggling company's workforce drop to about 14,500, and it comes after it has seen multiple high-level executives leave — including former co-CEO Jim Balsille. RIM also made a similar move in the summer of last year, when it laid off 2,000 employees alongside a shuffle of its executives. The Globe and Mail cites "several people close to the company" saying that the worldwide layoffs could come as soon as June 1st and will hit a broad spectrum of the company, including "senior positions in RIM's legal division to human resources, finance, sales and marketing." The news today comes after a poor Q4...
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