More job cuts at BlackBerry
Posted Aug 20, 2013 5:52 am.
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Close to 100 local jobs were cut on Monday, BlackBerry confirmed to Rogers’ 570News in Kitchener, Ont.
It follows 250 jobs losses at its new product testing facility in Waterloo in late July.
The employees laid off on July 23 were part of the New Product Testing Facility, a department that supports BlackBerry’s manufacturing and research and development efforts.
The global smartphone company announced plans last year to cut about 5,000 employees jobs as part of its restructuring efforts.
BlackBerry is trying to recover a stronger position in the highly competitive smartphone market with its new BlackBerry 10 line of phones and operating system.
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