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Motorola To Cut 4,000 Jobs, Focus On High-End Devices

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-road dept.

jfruh writes "Motorola Mobility is facing its first major public shakeup after its acquisition by Google and it's not pretty for many employees. The company will be laying off thousands of workers as it attempts to reorient itself away from feature phones and toward more profitable high-end devices."

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  1. Re:More reasont to give up hope on a good dumb pho by BenEnglishAtHome · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...I also just want a phone that do well a single task: Phone calls. ...

    Easy: https://www.snapfon.com/index.php

  2. It's Official? by Dripdry · · Score: 4, Informative

    A couple clients who are higher up in MMI told me about this just before the google buyout. I guess I can say something now?

    This has been planned from the get-go, and it will weed out some inefficiency and bring in more of the "Google Culture" and clear out what most know is by-now pretty broken model at Motorola. On the whole, it sounds like a LOT of people are happy about this (from what I've heard). The people leaving will get some pretty good buyout packages, if I understand it right.

    So, no need to panic. I'm interested in hearing other opinions, though.

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