Motorola staffers were informed by the company via email this week that “while we’re very optimistic about the new products in our pipeline, we still face challenges.” The company email added that “our costs are too high, we’re operating in markets where we’re not competitive and we’re losing money.” The layoffs will affect workers in the U.S., China and India.
Ouch. That means about 1,200 employees are getting laid off.
Probably because they plan on having a bunch of Androids do the work. 🙂
Samesung has subsumed Android. Everyone else trying to make money off Android is toast.
Stock analysts will be happy.
In case Tvaddich is still around: this is how one can say Google doesn’t make money from Android.
Sympathy to all those getting laid off, that sucks.
This is what happens when you buy Korean products over American products.
I wonder if the $12 billion Google paid for Motorola counts against Android or is treated separately?
No – this is what happens when an American company makes products that can’t compete with Korean products.
Buying a company for their patents and then firing the employees? Don’t be evil, Google.
Motorold lost Google 353 Million last Quarter, which is a lot. But that is less than mobile revenue, so they are still postive.