The Financial Post is reporting that Apple is very much in the market for workers from struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry:
Just days after BlackBerry Ltd. revealed plans to lay off 40% of its global workforce amid disastrous financial results, representatives from smartphone rival Apple Inc. hosted a recruitment drive roughly 20 kilometres away from the embattled technology company’s Waterloo, Ont. home base.
In the Cambridge Hotel and Conference Centre on Sept. 26, located in Cambridge, Ont. on the outskirts of the Kitchener-Waterloo region where BlackBerry was born, the iPhone maker invited local talent with the aim of luring them to their Silicon Valley operations.
“Most positions will be based in Cupertino, CA.,” according to a LinkedIn invite sent to certain BlackBerry employees and obtained by the Financial Post. “Relocation and immigration assistance will be provided for candidates that are hired, as needed.”
Not only that, it seems that others are in the game:
Apple wasn’t the only one positioning themselves to pick up the pieces. Two days later, on Sept. 28 and 29, Intel Corporation held an “information session” at the Holiday Inn Kitchener-Waterloo Hotel & Conference Centre in Kitchener, Ont., as part of their search for engineers to join its Mobile and Communications Group, according to an email invite also received by BlackBerry employees.
“We would like to invite you to ‘look inside’ Intel and meet some of our amazing employees and potentially interview for an opportunity to join our team,” it read.
Retaining the staff that BlackBerry doesn’t downsize is one of the keys to a successful turnaround. Thus having other companies come in and poach their staff doesn’t help their cause. You can expect the list of companies who are looking to lure talent away from Waterloo to grow. Which means this could get really bad for BlackBerry.
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Apple And Others Going After BlackBerry Workers?
The Financial Post is reporting that Apple is very much in the market for workers from struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry:
Just days after BlackBerry Ltd. revealed plans to lay off 40% of its global workforce amid disastrous financial results, representatives from smartphone rival Apple Inc. hosted a recruitment drive roughly 20 kilometres away from the embattled technology company’s Waterloo, Ont. home base.
In the Cambridge Hotel and Conference Centre on Sept. 26, located in Cambridge, Ont. on the outskirts of the Kitchener-Waterloo region where BlackBerry was born, the iPhone maker invited local talent with the aim of luring them to their Silicon Valley operations.
“Most positions will be based in Cupertino, CA.,” according to a LinkedIn invite sent to certain BlackBerry employees and obtained by the Financial Post. “Relocation and immigration assistance will be provided for candidates that are hired, as needed.”
Not only that, it seems that others are in the game:
Apple wasn’t the only one positioning themselves to pick up the pieces. Two days later, on Sept. 28 and 29, Intel Corporation held an “information session” at the Holiday Inn Kitchener-Waterloo Hotel & Conference Centre in Kitchener, Ont., as part of their search for engineers to join its Mobile and Communications Group, according to an email invite also received by BlackBerry employees.
“We would like to invite you to ‘look inside’ Intel and meet some of our amazing employees and potentially interview for an opportunity to join our team,” it read.
Retaining the staff that BlackBerry doesn’t downsize is one of the keys to a successful turnaround. Thus having other companies come in and poach their staff doesn’t help their cause. You can expect the list of companies who are looking to lure talent away from Waterloo to grow. Which means this could get really bad for BlackBerry.
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