Home › News ›

RIM to Lay Off Another 2,000 Workers in Restructuring Bid

May 26, 2012, 11:17 AM by Eric M. Zeman

Research In Motion is preparing another round of layoffs, according to sources cited by the Globe and Mail. The forthcoming layoffs will stretch across the entire company, including both senior level managers and rank-and-file employees in RIM's legal, human resources, finance, sales, and marketing divisions. The total number of employees to be affected is about 2,000. RIM reduced its headcount by about 2,000 workers a year ago. It currently employees 16,500 workers. RIM declined to comment on the Globe and Mail's story, though it pointed out comments made by CEO Thorsten Heins earlier this year when he said the company would "focus on operating metrics and efficiency." The Globe and Mail's sources also noted that RIM has been laying employees off quietly for several months. The new layoff announcement is expected to come before June 1. Earlier this week, RIM's long-time sales head Patrick Spence left the company after a tenure of 14 years.

The Verge »

Related

Samsung Refreshes Galaxy S Series with S Pen, New Cameras

Feb 9, 2022
Samsung today announced its lineup of flagship phones for 2022: the Galaxy S22 series. The top-end S22 Ultra sees the biggest changes as it essentially absorbs Samsung's Note series with an integrated S Pen stylus and a more Note-like shape and design, instead of the Contour Cut design of the other models.

Samsung Refines its Foldable Phones

Aug 10, 2022
Samsung has announced its newest generation of foldable phones: the Galaxy Z Fold4 and Galaxy Z Flip4. Both have similar designs and features compared to their predecessors, with a slew of small updates and refinements across the board.

iPhone 14 Plus Offers a Big Screen For Less

Sep 7, 2022
Apple has revealed the iPhone 14 series, with new features, improved specs, and new size options. In place of a Mini option, the iPhone 14 will come in the same 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch screen size options as the Pro models.

Motorola's new Edge Offers a Lot for $500

Aug 18, 2022
Motorola has taken the wraps off its new Edge phone for 2022. This is the little sibling to the Edge+, the company's flagship phone.

Apple Watch Goes Ultra

Sep 7, 2022
Apple has refreshed its Apple Watch lineup with Series 8, a new Watch SE, and added a larger, more rugged Apple Watch Ultra for athletes and extreme adventurers. Apple Watch Series 8 has two main upgrades over Series 7: temperature sensors and Crash Detection.

more news about:

Comments

This forum is closed.

This forum is closed.

melrhodes

May 26, 2012, 1:51 PM

Bankrupt

They need to rethink their business strategy to stay afloat.
Rebuild their OS or adapt android

onewish84

i think bb 10 will be great. i dis like andriod the only reason i would get an andriod is for googl earth and nav... google needs to develope for other device like they do for ios.

...

T Bone

First off, RIM is nowhere near the bankruptcy level yet, they are still earning a profit, albeit a smaller one than in previous years, and they sold 50 million Blackberry devices in 2011....if you're selling 50 million a year, you are nowhere near don...
(continues)

...

HawkeyeOC

melrhodes said:
They need to rethink their business strategy to stay afloat.
Rebuild their OS or adapt android

WTH?
They are rethinking their business strategy to stay afloat
What do you cal laying off 2000 peop...
(continues)

...

MadFatMan

May 27, 2012, 9:51 AM

History is repeating itself... The Death of Palm

Bottom line, not enough consumers are buying their devices, even die hard Blackberry fan bois are migrating to iOS and Android, even congress has pushed to ditch their federally issued Blackberries in favor of their privately owned iPhones.

I remember when, and many of you should as well, a time when Palm and RIM dominated the Smartphones. But they both did too little too late they felt they were too big and successful to fail.

Palm struggled with several ill fated ideas like adapting to windows the 700wx, 800w and 850w. The Treo Companion the Foleo, The Godforsaken Centro (Palm OS in a Dollar Store Package). Finally they launched the Pre about ONE YEAR TOO LATE the Pre was what hardcore Palm users had been waiting for but it was too ...
(continues)

T Bone

There is no such thing as being 'too late' to enter a market....

If there were, Toyota and Honda never would have been successful when they entered the US automobile market in the 1970's.

If there was such a thing as 'too late' the Apple iPhone ...
(continues)

...

Haggard

May 27, 2012, 12:29 PM

Unfortunate, but

that's what was expected with RIM not really doing much for a few years and expecting to live off the same old devices with nothing to really be excited for.

marufio

May 26, 2012, 6:57 PM

BB 10 will it make it?

I for one would like to see the new operating system in action on a BB phone lets hope Blackberry can bring it to market. At this rate who will be left.

Page 1 of 1