Nokia confirms plans to cut 1,400 jobs in Finland

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Mobile phone manufacturer Nokia has completed its co-determination talks with staff, and announces that it will cut 1,400 jobs in Finland – just as it announced in late April
      The first discussions concerned product development of the Symbian and Meego operating systems, as well as in the unit manufacturing basic handset models.
      In some parts of the organization, discussions are still going on.
     
The talks with staff were over issues such as the reasons for the cutbacks, their schedule, and the support services that Nokia is offering those who will be leaving.
      The company aims at making sure that employees falling within the scope of the talks will be told by the beginning of July if their particular jobs are being cut.
      “At this point we cannot comment on how they will affect various locations in Finland, as the process is still incomplete in many respects”, says Ville Valtonen, Nokia’s manager of Finnish personnel. “We have several teams at Nokia where we need more people, and resourcing is still under way for them.”
     
Nokia says that the cutbacks in jobs will be implemented in stages through the end of 2012. All those who will lose their jobs will stay on the Nokia payroll through the end of 2011 even if their tasks end before that.
      Those who are being let go will have outplacement services available to them, with experts helping in the search for new jobs or training. There is also support for entrepreneurship, and financial assistance.


Previously in HS International Edition:
  Nokia shares plummet after company issues profit warning (1.6.2011)
  Nokia starts co-determination talks with staff as planned (15.4.2011)

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