Lenovo lays off another round of Motorola employees

Stefan Mileschin · 27th September 2016, 18:03

Motorola's woes continue. Lenovo, which acquired Motorola from Google in 2014, laid off some of the phone maker's staff last summer after some troubling financial reports, and now the pink slips have shown up again. Despite some positive buzz from the Moto X, Moto G, and Moto Z families of smartphones, Lenovo has decided to lay off much of its Chicago-based Motorola staff. The layoffs will purportedly affect over half of the phone manufacturer's remaining workforce.

Droid Life shared a statement from Motorola which confirms the "resource action." The company didn't provide exact numbers, but indicated that the layoffs affect less than 2% of its 55,000 employees across the globe. Lenovo claims that the positions ...

http://techreport.com/news/30708/len...rola-employees

27th September 2016, 18:03	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,618	Lenovo lays off another round of Motorola employees Motorola's woes continue. Lenovo, which acquired Motorola from Google in 2014, laid off some of the phone maker's staff last summer after some troubling financial reports, and now the pink slips have shown up again. Despite some positive buzz from the Moto X, Moto G, and Moto Z families of smartphones, Lenovo has decided to lay off much of its Chicago-based Motorola staff. The layoffs will purportedly affect over half of the phone manufacturer's remaining workforce. Droid Life shared a statement from Motorola which confirms the "resource action." The company didn't provide exact numbers, but indicated that the layoffs affect less than 2% of its 55,000 employees across the globe. Lenovo claims that the positions ... http://techreport.com/news/30708/len...rola-employees

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