It became known about the decision of the Finnish manufacturer to move the production of mobile phones to the Asian region, since it is he who is for Nokia main market. This means new job cuts in Europe and Mexico.
Another 4,000 people are expected to be laid off. But over the past couple of years Nokia and has already reduced almost a quarter of its former staff. Initially, the reductions affected only programmers who worked with the operating system. Symbian, but now it has come to ordinary workers. It was also recently announced that massive layoffs would also be made by the joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks.
The company has already completely lost its positions in Europe, losing them to such manufacturers as Samsung и Apple. Also, the first places in the production of smartphones were finally lost. For this reason, the focus will now be on mobile phones, which are still in high demand. Especially in countries like India.
Decision Nokia trade unions are extremely dissatisfied, which require significant compensation for employees from the Finnish manufacturer.