Google / Motorola Mobility will layoff 1,200 employees

Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility will layoff 1,200 employees, which is 10 percent of its current workforce, in an attempt to make the company profitable. The Wall Street Journal reports that a company email it obtained details that the layoffs have already begun and will affect workers in the U.S., China, and India.

Motorola’s decision to reduce its workforce follows the closure of one-third of its facilities and exit of several unprofitable markets. The company announced plans to cut 4,000 jobs last August because of continued loses, and the most recent round of layoffs are part of a strategy to cut costs as Motorola tries to emerge from Samsung’s shadow.

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