In recent times Finnish smartphone manufacturer Nokia has seen its
share of the smartphone market dwindle away to the likes of the iPhone
and Android platforms. To try and turn things around the company hooked
up with Microsoft to offer consumers hardware on the Windows Phone
platform, and to further reduce its costs Nokia is now cutting 300 jobs
and transferring a further 820.
The company has announced that
it is going to overhaul its IT operations and in turn cut 300 jobs
around the world, and the company has also revealed it will outsource
around 820 further jobs to consultancy companies.
Nokia has stated that the changes it is outlining will aid the
company to “increase operational efficiency and reduce operating costs,
creating an IT organization appropriate for Nokia’s current size and
scope”. The company has already revealed plans to cull a further 10,000
jobs worldwide by the end of this year, and these latest cuts are
believed to be the last.
These cuts will affect workers based in Finland and 820 jobs will be
outsourced to two firms in India, TATA Consultancy Services, and HCL
Technologies. Staff that are destined to lose their jobs will be
provided with financial compensation as well as a support program by
Nokia.
The company has already closed down some of its production plants in
its home country losing around 4,000 positions, and has promised to
support those affected by helping some to start their own businesses.
Nokia has seen a rise in sales recently which has been helped by the release of
the Lumia 920, and the company will be hoping that the small successes
it is currently enjoying in the smartphone world can be built on going
forward.
We have recently heard of an alleged handset it is currently working on behind the scenes that will be the replacement for Lumia 920, and if speculation about the device turns out to be accurate they could have another hit on their hands.
When was the last time you owned a Nokia handset?
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