Research In Motion Ltd. has confirmed it is in the middle of implementing layoffs as part of a broader restructuring that is aimed at helping the struggling BlackBerry maker cut up to $1-billion in costs by the end of fiscal 2013.
The company is looking to trim at least 2,000 jobs from its workforce of around 16,500, sources have previously told the Globe, but the cuts could eventually go much deeper than that.
RIM has already announced the departure of several senior executives and Mr. Heins has been frank about the need to focus RIM as it makes a transition to its new BlackBerry 10 software platform. He has told the Globe previously that some parts of the large multinational company – which has offices and staff around the world, from Waterloo, Ont. to Singapore – were no longer needed. Full story
