Nokia moves Symbian to Accenture & more.
press.nokia.com
press.nokia.com
Nokia will fire 4000 people and 3000 will be moved to Accenture so there will be 7000 badges less in Nokia very soon.
Nokia can not fire them US style (as in "don't come here tomorrow") so they will need to do this in phases throughout 2011.
My translation: "Nokia blah blah blah"
Their PR people need to learn the art of a catchy title.
Really, does "to align workforce" mean anything?
EDIT: BBC News offers a bette title: "Nokia says it will cut 4,000 jobs"
This way the CEO and board of directors can give themselves huge bonuses for "saving" the company. Then 5-8 years down the road, when no more can be squeezed out of the Nokia brand name, they will look for a merger as the next strategic move.
I suspect in 5-8 years we will be talking about Nokia in the same way we talk about AltaVista, or at best they will sell the brand to some faceless manufacturing operation.
"Transitioning employees, located in China, Finland, India, United Kingdom and the United States, will initially work on Symbian software activities for Nokia. Over time, Accenture and Nokia will seek opportunities to retrain and redeploy transitioned employees."