It appears that the death spiral at BlackBerry continues. The Globe And Mail is reporting that more jobs have been cut at the struggling smartphone maker:
There are reports that about 100 job terminations were handed out Monday in the Waterloo Region where the smartphone maker is based.
A BlackBerry spokeswoman declined to confirm how many jobs are affected or other details but issued a general statement by e-mail.
“As previously stated, we are in the second phase of our transformation plan. As such, this week’s employee reductions, demonstrates another step forward to scale our company correctly for new opportunities in mobile computing,” BlackBerry said.
“Our evolution as a company is ongoing and is in no way easy, but we are realistic about what is required to move our transformation forward in a timely manner. We will be as transparent as possible as our plans evolve.”
Given that there are indications that BlackBerry 10 product production has been cut and the Q5 is getting a tepid reception, one can only conclude that things are not looking good for BlackBerry and a sale in whole or in part is coming.
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Report: More Jobs Slashed At BlackBerry
It appears that the death spiral at BlackBerry continues. The Globe And Mail is reporting that more jobs have been cut at the struggling smartphone maker:
There are reports that about 100 job terminations were handed out Monday in the Waterloo Region where the smartphone maker is based.
A BlackBerry spokeswoman declined to confirm how many jobs are affected or other details but issued a general statement by e-mail.
“As previously stated, we are in the second phase of our transformation plan. As such, this week’s employee reductions, demonstrates another step forward to scale our company correctly for new opportunities in mobile computing,” BlackBerry said.
“Our evolution as a company is ongoing and is in no way easy, but we are realistic about what is required to move our transformation forward in a timely manner. We will be as transparent as possible as our plans evolve.”
Given that there are indications that BlackBerry 10 product production has been cut and the Q5 is getting a tepid reception, one can only conclude that things are not looking good for BlackBerry and a sale in whole or in part is coming.
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