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Sony Mobile – To cut 1,000 jobs
Sony Corp plans to cut another 1,000 jobs in its smartphone division, mainly in Europe and China, the Nikkei business daily reported. The cuts are in addition to the 1,000 jobs Sony said it would eliminate in its mobile unit in October, the Nikkei said. Overall, Sony’s mobile division workforce will shrink by about 30 … Continue reading
Sony – To cut 90 jobs closing all 14 Canadian stores
Sony Corp. has announced plans to close all 14 of its Canadian stores as it focuses on other areas of its business. The electronics giant said about 90 employees will be laid off as the stores shut down over the next six to eight weeks. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at Sony … Continue reading
Sony – 1,000 job cuts
The company plans to cut staff in its mobile communications business by about 15 percent, or roughly 1,000 people, Hirai said. Details of that plan are to be announced later. via Sony forecasts Y230 bil loss, 1,000 job cuts ‹ Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion.
Sony in US / Closing 20 stores and cutting 1,000 jobs
Sony warned earlier this month about significant and serious reorganization changes coming this year, and now they’re becoming a reality for many employees in the United States. The consumer tech giant announced on Wednesday morning that it will be shuttering 20 stores. This in turn will result in approximately 1,000 layoffs at these locations nationwide. … Continue reading
Sony / Around 5,000 layoffs to come
Thousands of employees of Japanese tech company Sony will be affected by a major reorganization plan of the company. They have confirmed they are selling their Vaio PC business and switching its TV division into its own company, a move which is expected to lay off 5,000 employees from its global operations. It is estimated … Continue reading
Sony / Layoffs to come
Financial woes continue to weigh on Sony as it looks to cut staff at production facilities, according to a Japanese report. The consumer electronics maker will offer early retirement packages for employees at Sony EMCS, a wholly owned production subsidiary, according to a Nikkei report on Tuesday. The subsidiary operates five production facilities in Japan … Continue reading
Unpaid internship in China / Students assembling PlayStation in sweatshop for course
Students in China are reportedly being forced to assemble Sony’s forthcoming Playstation 4 or risk failing their course Continue reading
Sony – To trim its global headcount by 10,000 by end-March
Sony Corp said it will cut staff in its headquarters by a fifth and shutter a factory making camera lenses and mobile phones in Japan, providing new details of a previously announced plan to trim its global headcount by 10,000 by end-March. In addition to 1,800 at a chemical business it sold to a state-run … Continue reading
Sony Mobile – 1,000 jobs cut
Sony Mobile is cutting 1,000 jobs from its phone division after posting record losses this financial year. The embattled Japanese company posted record losses of US$5.6bn in March this year, with two-thirds of the jobs cut to fall on its Sony Mobile division in Lund, Sweden. The loss-making electronics firm reveals the job losses are … Continue reading
EMI Music Publishing – Layoffs Begin
Chief executive Roger Faxon is one of 30 to 40 staffers to lose their jobs as a Sony/ATV-led consortium integrates the two companies. As expected, layoffs have begun at EMI Music Publishing, in the wake of the completion of the company’s acquisition by a Sony Corp. of America-led consortium on June 29. At that close … Continue reading
Sony to hire 500 people in India
In contrast to its loss making Japanese parent, Sony India today said it is registering “healthy profit” and even plans to increase its headcount by 500 people in the current financial year. “The situation in India is different from the other global markets, where Sony is witnessing pressure. We are having strong growth and healthy … Continue reading
Sony Confirms 10,000 Layoffs but Games studios ‘spared’
Games studios ‘spared’ in Sony mass-layoff plan | Game Development | News by Develop Chemicals, TV, sales and marketing to bear the brunt of global cut-backs Sony will not bury the axe into its games division as the company prepares to slash some 10,000 jobs from its global entertainment empire, Develop understands. Information of the … Continue reading
Update | Sony | Cuts 326 EMI’s publishing staff
Sony to Cut 326 EMI Publishing Jobs After Purchase Closes – Bloomberg Sony Corp. (6758) plans to cut 326 jobs at EMI Publishing within two years after U.S. and European regulators approve its $2.2 billion acquisition of the U.K. music company… Source: via Sony to Cut 326 EMI Publishing Jobs After Purchase Closes – Bloomberg. … Continue reading
Sony | Could Layoff 60 percent of EMI’s publishing staff
The European Commission is expected to issue a ruling on Thursday in one of the music industry’s biggest deals in the past decade: Sony’s proposed $2.2 billion takeover of EMI Music Publishing. In public, Sony has said little about the deal, except to soothe fears that the combined company might dominate the lucrative publishing industry. … Continue reading
Sony Confirms 10,000 Layoffs
Confirming the report from earlier this week, Sony president and CEO Kazuo Hirai said the company will cut 10,000 jobs globally as part of a big “One Sony” reorganization. The company has five immediate goals: it wants to strengthen its core businesses — digital imaging, gaming and mobile — turn around its TV business, expand … Continue reading
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