RIM Handing Pink Slips to 2,000 Workers
Jul 25, 2011, 7:09 AM by Eric M. Zeman
Research In Motion said that it plans to trim its workforce by 2,000, which amounts to just over 10% of its entire employee base. In addition to the layoffs, the company is also shuffling around a number of managers. Its chief operating officer, Don Morrison, plans to retire. Thorsten Heins will replace him as COO and also assume responsibility for products and sales. RIM had announced its intent to reduce its workforce in June, but didn't indicate how many employees might be let go. RIM's co-CEOs, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, remain unaffected by the changes.
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From top of the world...
...to sucking competitor fumes in a few short years. You have to be wholly incompetent to manage that.
muchdrama said:
...to sucking competitor fumes in a few short years. You have to be wholly incompetent to manage that.
Apple managed to do the same thing a long time ago. It's possible to come back 😁
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You have to love entry level employment
You do all the hard work. You do your job that is written out for you to do (Job Description), and the Executives mess up, and yet you get to pay for their mistakes. 🤣 You have to love that.
The top execs get to retire with a sweet retirement package and other execs get the opportunity of a lifetime by Co-CEO's becoming the primary, COO's get promoted and etc.
And the kicker is, even they they're doing all of this, they will still fail miserably 😕
Android is on a pace to where they can not keep up, iOS is also not going to be caught by RIM, and windows will soar pass them as well once their train departures with Nokia partnership, and HP is now considering licensing WebOS. I think this is it for RIM granted I do give the...
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The top execs get to retire with a sweet retirement package and other execs get the opportunity of a lifetime by Co-CEO's becoming the primary, COO's get promoted and etc.
And the kicker is, even they they're doing all of this, they will still fail miserably 😕
Android is on a pace to where they can not keep up, iOS is also not going to be caught by RIM, and windows will soar pass them as well once their train departures with Nokia partnership, and HP is now considering licensing WebOS. I think this is it for RIM granted I do give the...
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MileHigh8710 said:...
You do all the hard work. You do your job that is written out for you to do (Job Description), and the Executives mess up, and yet you get to pay for their mistakes. 🤣 You have to love that.
The top exec
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RIM Old Stuff
Why would anyone want to buy the same phone over again that you bought 2 years ago? Sure a different operating system, with some upgrades, but the phones look the same, screens are small...text is so tiny that no person can read them, phones are a new version of the ones people already have.........deja vu all over again ..........people want something new..not the same phone they bought last time.
Come on RIM, you re a great company, but get some imagination.
Come on RIM, you re a great company, but get some imagination.
Same screen size and same look and same OS with updates. Not to say I don't like the iPhone, but just saying. RIM had the same approach as apple with the we own our hardware and software and make the same phone with minor changes because why change wh...
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Very Sorry Gentlemen hope you find work , god be with you!
Very Sorry Gentlemen and LADIES hope you find work , god be with you!
