As part of its ‘focused strategy’ announced back in June 2012, Nokia plans to further reduce its workforce and outsource activities and employees to strategic partners.
According to the press release, “Nokia believes these changes will increase operational efficiency and reduce operating costs, creating an IT organization appropriate for Nokia’s current size and scope.” The Finnish company also intends to transfer a number of jobs along with 820 employees to two of India’s biggest outsourcing companies HCL and Tata Consultancy.
These cuts further highlights Nokia’s fall from grace as the biggest manufacturer of mobile phones in the world, a crown now being worn by Samsung. Since his appointment as CEO in 2010, Stephen Elop, has overseen the layout of nearly 1.6 million people of Nokia’s exiting 4.46 million workforce at the time.
Most of the employees affected by these planned changes are based in Finland. Nokia is beginning the process of engaging with employee representatives about these plans in accordance with country-specific legal requirements, according to the press release seen by us.
