Telecoms
Nokia to axe 285 jobs at Salo plant.
Nokia Corporation will lay off 285 people in Finland, as the world’s largest mobile phone maker strives to cut costs and streamline operations. In November, Nokia axed 550 jobs in Japan, Denmark and Finland at research and development units that globally employ 17000 workers.
The latest layoffs, at the Salo handset unit where it has 2200 workers, are part of a drive “to further increase production speed and efficiency for a growing smart phone market.
Source: The Associated Press
Total losses = 285
The future’s black for 300 jobs at Orange call centre.
The mobile telephone unit of France Telecom, Orange announced plans to close a call centre in Bristol with the loss of 300 jobs.
Total losses = 300
Nokia to axe 220 R&D jobs in Japan.
Nokia Corp. are to axe 220 jobs at research and development units in Japan as the world’s largest mobile phone maker continues to cut costs.
Last week it announced 330 job cuts in Finland and Denmark at its R&D operations that globally employ 17000 workers.
Source: Matti Huuhtanen of Associated Press
Total losses = 550
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Nokia Siemens Network to shed up to 5700 jobs.
Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN), the joint venture between Nokia and Siemens, the telecommunications groups, is set to shed up to 5700 jobs from its workforce. Rajeev Suri, its new chief executive, is trying to reinvigorate the operation by cutting €500 million (£448 million) from its cost base.
NSN said that it wanted to trim up to 9 per cent of its 64,000-strong workforce and expected to complete the cost-saving plan by 2011.
NSN, which is split 50-50 between the Finnish and German companies, has struggled over the past year. A €908 million impairment charge relating to the unit pushed Nokia, the world’s largest mobile phone maker, into the red in the third quarter. As its owners fight falling sales, they are anxious to cut its costs.
NSN has about 1000 workers in Britain, where it runs Orange’s network, as well as T-Mobile and 3 UK’s infrastructure. It also owns Apertio, a customer-management platform provider, based in Bristol, which it bought for €140 million early last year.
It is hoped that Britain will not bear the brunt of the cuts as Mr Suri is keen to refocus the NSN business on its services operations — the main part of its UK business. The company also has large numbers of staff in China, India and Brazil, as well as in Finland and Germany.
Source: Business Times Online
The Klaus Kneale Pink-Slip List (P-SL) for July 2009.
The following Pink-Slip List (P-SL) was compiled by Klaus Kneale.
Job Losses = 15840
July 29: UAL Corp. lets go of 50 in Missouri.
July 29: General Electric fires another 190 in Indiana.
July 29: Intuit dismisses 120 nationwide.
July 27: General Electric dismisses 93 employees from an oil and gas facility in Wisconsin.
July 27: Verizon Communications fires 8000 workers from its wireless business.
July 23: Air Products and Chemicals fired 1150 workers.
July 21: Continental Airlines lets go of 1700 employees.
July 17: Boeing lays off 130 workers in Alabama.
July 16: Harley-Davidson fires 1000 workers from its operations in the states of Wisconsin, Illinois, and Missouri.
July 16: Cisco Systems lets go of 700 workers from its headquarters in San Jose, CA.
July 14: Norfolk Southern lays off 84 workers from one of its Alabama rail yards.
July 13: Navistar International dismisses 275 workers, most of them from Mississippi.
July 8: AGCO Corp. lays of 154 workers in Kansas.
July 6: The 3M Company lets go of 200 workers in Massachusetts.
July 1: The Dow Chemical Company cuts 2500 jobs. The layoffs are a result of the company closing three Louisiana plants.
EDS Germany (Telecom) to layoff 300 employees.
After lengthy discussions at EDS Germany it was decided that 300 cuts had to me made. This is a much lesser amount as previously planned (839).
Total losses = 300
British Telecom cut 15000 jobs after a billion pound LOSS!
BT will cut another 15000 jobs over the next 12 months after making a full-year loss. Billions of pounds of writedowns at the division has left BT with a pre-tax loss of £134m for the 12 months to March 31 compared with a £2bn profit last year.
Job losses = 15000
Nokia to cut another 450 employees.
As the recession ploughs on the worlds largest mobile phone maker is cutting another 450 jobs in the Internet services department. Recently they annouced a 90% drop in profit in their first quarter as apposed to that time last year.
Job losses = 450
April Losses
Freedomdirect 17 April 108
Aveva 17 April 80
Roger Bullivant 16 April 95
Air France-KLM 2500-3000 April 15
Hallmark 750 April 14
Siemens 14 April 45
Russian Railways 53700 April 9
RSA 9 April 1200
LyondellBasell 3000 April 8
Michael Page 8 April 809
RBS 7 April 4500
BA 3 April 300
Filtrona Filters 2 April 233
AVX 2 April 130
Bombardier Inc 3000 April 2
Aviva 2 April 1100
EDC 1 April 260
Jarvis 1 April 450
Co-op 1 April 140
200 jobs to go at Telstra.
The job losses affect Telstra’s Sensis division in which about 150 positions will go. Up to 50 will be shed from its Universal Publishers business, which includes the street directory Gregory’s.
Total losses = 200
You are the weakest link – goodbye!
Nortel to eliminate a further 3200 jobs, that is on top of the 30000 they planned to cut back in January.
ALZA Pharma to pink slip 120 in CA
Texas Youth Commission to axe 130 employees
Dow Corning eliminates 800 jobs
Nokia are hoping 1000 sad souls “volunteer” for layoffs
Total Losses = 5200
500 employees at Vodafone see red as job cuts announced.
Vodafone, the worlds largest mobile operator has announced plans to cut about 500 jobs in the UK in an effort to reduce costs. (Another company spending beyond their means and now their employees suffer the consequences).
As customers look for best value in their mobile services, Vodafone intends to reduce its cost base whilst continuing to invest in new products and services to meet changing customer needs.
Why don’t they start by dropping their ridiculously high call charges?
The 500 job losses include 170 posts at Vodafone’s head office in Newbury, Berkshire, in back-office type roles.
Job losses = > 499
Nortel to shed 30000 jobs globally.
Hello...Yes, we are bankrupt!
Damn, this is the company sponsoring the 2010 winter olympics in Vancouver and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. One wonders how that deal came about when they have no money? Those 30000 employers who are to be sacked must be so proud to be apart of the Olympics… Not!
Long-suffering Nortel has been trying to restructure for more than three years and becomes the first major North American technology company to be forced into bankruptcy protection by the the global downturn and credit market crunch.
If they were long-suffering for more than three years, why on earth did they get involved with the winter olympics and also the London Olympics in 2012.
Job losses: 30000
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