Another 80 employees were laid off at smartphone maker BlackBerry’s Waterloo headquarters Tuesday. The company said the latest staff reduction is part of an ongoing effort to reduce its global workforce by 4500 people. (Nathan Danette/Canadian Press)
Waterloo-based smartphone maker BlackBerry has confirmed it has laid off 80 of its employees this week as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce its global workforce by 4,500.
BlackBerry said in an email the cuts this week include “approximately 80 employees in Waterloo,” adding “we are in a period of transition and we must focus on enhancing our financial results to be in a better position to compete in this current mobile environment.”
“We recognize our local employees’ hard work on behalf of our company and the difficulty of this news,” the statement said.
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