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Motorola China, retaining only 200 people: research and


Tang Xun Fang reports from Beijing, the reporter

  Motorola mobile layoffs storm ushered in the second quarter.

  March 8, Google announced its acquisition of Motorola Mobility will lay off 1,200 people worldwide, about 10% of Motorola's mobile. It is understood that the Motorola mobile layoffs will mainly China, the United States and India.

  Google said in an open letter, which I hope this is the last layoffs Motorola Mobile. March 11, a Motorola mobile incumbent staff told reporters, "layoffs will continue, ultimately, Global will the rest of 4000." As of the end of December 2012, Motorola Mobile 11113.

  This time layoffs in China, is inevitable. "The layoffs are a continuation of last summer layoff plans." Motorola Mobile China, who confirmed in an interview with reporters on March 11 that China, are also among the layoffs, but the specific number, list specific posts The compensation package were not disclosed. In order to fully comply with local laws and regulations, there can not immediately notify the employees of those affected by the layoffs in mainland China. This is for the affected employees, very easy, Motorola will make every effort to help these employees to ride out the storm.

  "After the two sessions, the layoffs will officially begin." The employee said a Beijing branch of Motorola China R & D will all be abolished, also the layoffs focus on research and development of the United States, some of the product lines will be cut mercilessly.

  The Motorola Mobile Beijing Branch staff told reporters, after layoffs last year, the whole China, including R & D, sales, technology, etc., there are about 1,000 people around. "Ultimately, the Motorola Mobile District employees will retain about 200 jobs, which is the main market, sales."

  A former Nanjing Motorola R & D center staff told reporters, compensation program in accordance with established practice, the layoffs and downsizing program last August about the way of the "N +2", where "N" refers to the employee's working life another two months to give more compensation, other fund, annual leave and other compensation rules and roughly the same.

  Motorola's R & D center in August last year, Motorola's layoff storm which, under the strong protest of the employees, with more than 500 employees in Nanjing last departure date delayed by a few months, so that the employees can Nanjing relative IT jobs few cities to find a satisfying job. This "curve" approach does not change Motorola unified layoffs compensation program. At that time, it did not cause too much protest of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and other branch staff.

  Former Nanjing Motorola R & D center staff told reporters that more IT jobs in Beijing, the Beijing area, employees may not be more than 500 employees as a collective protest like Motorola's R & D center in Nanjing. "It's a downsizing done will relatively quickly."

  Storm of layoffs last year, China has more than 60 employees due to layoffs and go to the United States, "So far, these employees go to the United States has not yet received a layoff notice, this time layoffs may be safe." A former Nanjing Motorola R & D center staff told reporters.

  Previously, an the Google headquarters incumbent engineer told reporters that the new Moto phone will be listed in the beginning of 2013, Google temporarily not intend to motorized mobile phone brand "frozen".

  A mobile phone design industry source told reporters, after a bold and decisive abolition, Motorola will be more like a mobile phone design and marketing company, rather than from the design, manufacture, marketing, sales, after-sales industry chain company.

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