Could the bloodbath get any worse than this? Nigerian telecoms company, Airtel, have just let go of 30 per cent of her staff. Reports from New Telegraph claims that the sack happened last Friday, and the affected employees were ‘caught unawares’. On a good note,...
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Samsung to lay off staff as the smartphone bloodbath worsens
According to a Bloomberg report, Samsung is set to lay off 10% of its headquarters staff “as the world’s biggest smartphone maker loses sales to Apple Inc. and Chinese vendors.” Samsung joins the ranks of smartphone makers to lay off staff in order to trim...
This is Sparta!! Amazon too lays off smartphone engineers
Everyone is laying off people from their smartphone businesses these days. It is almost becoming quite the fashionable thing. After the failed run with the Fire phone, Amazon is laying off many engineers who worked on the device. The brand is also cutting down on...
And another one: Lenovo lays off 3,200 staff
Yes; it is a horrible bloodbath in mobile. HTC. BlackBerry. Microsoft Mobile. Sony. Samsung. LG. All of these brands are either making losses or experiencing a decline in profit margins. And now, we have news that Lenovo, the fifth largest smartphone brand in the world,...
85% of Microsoft Mobile Nigeria team laid off
In very bad news, The Punch reports that Microsoft Mobile Nigeria, part of the unit that the Redmond corporation acquired from Nokia, has let go of 34 out of the 40 workers that make up the team. That’s 85% of the team. The downsizing is...