Motorola workers protest early layoffs
By Zhu Shenshen |
August 18, 2012, Saturday
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DOZENS of Motorola Mobility employees protested at their Beijing and Nanjing offices yesterday after they were shown the door as part of the company's plan to cut 1,000 jobs on the Chinese mainland.
The job cuts, which accounted for 25 percent of the firm's global reductions, occurred just three months after it was acquired by Google Inc.
Business seemed normal at Motorola's Shanghai facilities, including the sales office near the Shanghai Railway Station and the research center in Jinqiao in Pudong New Area, although employees were also confirmed to be laid off, Shanghai Daily learned.
"Motorola is committed to helping them through this difficult transition and will be providing generous severance packages, as well as outplacement services to help people find new jobs," Motorola said yesterday in an e-mail statement.
But the protesters, mainly veteran engineers, complained they were laid off too soon after the firm was acquired by Google.
They also claimed they were treated unfairly under the compensation plan. They said they protested because of "unreasonable compensation fee."
Declining to be identified, a Motorola source said: "The engineers worked several years after their graduation. They are loyal to the company. It will be difficult to find new jobs in a short period."
Motorola declined to confirm the number of staff to be laid off on the mainland. But sources said it has laid off 1,000 people, including 700 engineers.
They added that the Motorola Nanjing research center will be shut down.
Google plans to cut about 4,000 jobs at Motorola Mobility unit, or 20 percent of the staff at the company Google bought for about US$12.5 billion in May in its biggest takeover, the company said earlier this week.
The job cuts, which accounted for 25 percent of the firm's global reductions, occurred just three months after it was acquired by Google Inc.
Business seemed normal at Motorola's Shanghai facilities, including the sales office near the Shanghai Railway Station and the research center in Jinqiao in Pudong New Area, although employees were also confirmed to be laid off, Shanghai Daily learned.
"Motorola is committed to helping them through this difficult transition and will be providing generous severance packages, as well as outplacement services to help people find new jobs," Motorola said yesterday in an e-mail statement.
But the protesters, mainly veteran engineers, complained they were laid off too soon after the firm was acquired by Google.
They also claimed they were treated unfairly under the compensation plan. They said they protested because of "unreasonable compensation fee."
Declining to be identified, a Motorola source said: "The engineers worked several years after their graduation. They are loyal to the company. It will be difficult to find new jobs in a short period."
Motorola declined to confirm the number of staff to be laid off on the mainland. But sources said it has laid off 1,000 people, including 700 engineers.
They added that the Motorola Nanjing research center will be shut down.
Google plans to cut about 4,000 jobs at Motorola Mobility unit, or 20 percent of the staff at the company Google bought for about US$12.5 billion in May in its biggest takeover, the company said earlier this week.
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