Nokia Corp. Layoffs

Layoffs at Nokia in April 2018

More and more people have started talking about imminent layoffs in US region as soon as next month, so I was wondering if anybody here had any more news on that? It's really hard to get any kind of real info on this outside the usual "it's coming... read more

Nokia - Orange says no to big 5G contracts - this means more cuts for high cost region (USA) ?

Don't Expect 5G Deals, Orange Tells Usual Suppliers http://www.lightreading.com/mobile/5g/dont-expect-5g-deals-orange-tells-usual-suppliers/d/d-id/740042? Orange Deputy CEO Gervais Pellissier has warned Ericsson, Huawei and Nokia they should not... read more

Nokia - Rajeev Suri talks to Trump - says there are 15K employees but no mention of USA down sizing (of course)

Nokia Suri talks to Trump. Listen starting at 5 min into the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rLR4ipaY9M Suri says 15K people in USA and strongest R&D setup is in USA with half focused on R&D and the other half 4g, 5g, customer services. Trump... read more

March 22 Nokia Layoffs, Cuts Any News for North America regions?

March 22 Nokia Layoffs, Cuts Any News for North America regions? Please post

Nokia Layoffs in NJ and IL

Employees in NJ and IL will be cut layoff laid-off in Systems Architecture. Those engineers working on 5G Architecture. (No, you didn't read it wrong - it's "5G".) I guess Nokia has enough people working on 5G product outside of USA (in China... read more

Stock still DOWN EVEN AFTER Nokia signs its first official 5G equipment deal with NTT DoCoMo

Nokia stock is still down (-0.1%) even after the news headline "Nokia signs its first official 5G equipment deal with NTT DoCoMo". While Ericsson stock goes up by 5.7% after news headline "Ericsson 5G Radio Dot Gives Big Boost to Indoor Coverage".

Nokia Cuts 80 Technologies Unit Jobs In Finland‍

https://www.nokia.com/fi_fi/uutiset/tiedotteet/2018/01/12/nokian-yhteistoimintaneuvottelut-paatokseen Use the google chrome translator.

Nokia 5G - USA market, what's going on?

Verizon has picked Samsung and Ericsson for 5G Trials. Why isn't Nokia in these trials? Is it because Nokia's 5G equipment doesn't meet Verizon's standard? If the development of 5G was done by former ALU folks in MH NJ (who have build a top notch... read more

January 25 Nokia layoffs

Nokia Layoffs - Murray Hill, NJ USA on Jan 25 - not sure exactly which departments but in wireless Any chance somebody has heard something more about this? It's a bit too specific to be just wild guessing, or at least I think so. Any additional info... read more

Layoffs - where, how many, when, which department - please post - it is anonymous

2018 Layoffs - where, how many, when, which department - please post - it is anonymous

NOKIA USA layoffs not listed in 2017 NJ TX IL USA WARN Report - Why ???

There were many layoffs in NJ/IL/TX last year but I didn't see any listed in the WARN notice for New Jersey/Texas/IL USA. Doesn't Nokia have to report the cuts to each of those states? http://lwd.dol.state.nj.us/labor/lwdhome/warn/2017/warnindex.html... read more

Who lost some major market share with Deutsche Telekom? Is it Huawei or Nokia? Does anyone know?

Ericsson Replaces Major Rival as DT Supplier in 5G Deal In a major blow to one of the world's biggest equipment vendors, Ericsson has replaced either China's Huawei or Finland's Nokia as one of Deutsche Telekom's two main suppliers of radio access... read more

Nokia Murray Hill NJ USA -- Any 5G development work coming to Murray Hill ?

Nokia Murray Hill NJ USA -- Any 5G development work coming to Murray Hill NJ USA? We have many talented folks who have done development for 2G/3G/4G. Is Nokia going to just throw this valuable talent away?

Nokia - H1B Visa employees should be cut before USA Citizen employees doing the same skilled job

Nokia Please remember - H1B Visa employees should be cut before USA Citizen employees doing the same job especially with 2018 layoffs coming soon. Where the H1B employee is located within USA should not matter since majority of the jobs can be done... read more

Reshuffling the deck isn't going to make much of a difference at Nokia - Nokia appoints Joerg Erlemeier as Chief Operating Officer

If Nokia wants to win - 1) it needs to understand it's USA base customers (top 4 customer who bring in much of the revenue) 2) it needs to make it's employees happy, proud, and passionate about the work/product they are producing. Right now the... read more

With all those highly paid Nokia Bell Labs engineers & this is the solution they came up with - I want to see the flowers and birds outside my

With all those highly paid Nokia Bell Labs engineers & this is the solution they came up with - I want to see the flowers and birds outside my window - not a MODEM ... Verizon says its new indoor/outdoor prototype 5G modem solves one of the biggest... read more

Why are so many jobs "wired" before even the job posting goes up?

"Wired" jobs means having a candidate for a job that will be hired before the job posting is public on the internal Nokia job posting site. Why are so many candidates being interviewed for a job even if the job is wired? This is an Unfair Practice... read more

How long is Verizon (and AT&T) going to be claiming it's the best network in USA when they are going to swap out ALU equipment with Nokias?

How long is Verizon going to be claiming it's the best network in USA when it's swapping out ALU equipment with Nokia? And the same thing goes for AT&T? T-mobile USA uses Nokia equipment and we all know how they rate compared to other networks.

Nokia will eliminate 187 jobs in Dublin, Ohio USA

Nokia said it will eliminate 187 jobs in Dublin http://www.dispatch.com/news/20171102/nokia-to-eliminate-187-jobs-in-dublin “Nokia will be exiting the Dublin, Ohio, facility by the end of 2018, a decision that is consistent with the company’s global... read more

Nokia to develop 5G mobile network technology in India = Layoffs in USA (for fALU folks), this makes it official

Nokia to develop 5G mobile network technology in India http://bangalorereporter.com/technology/nokia-to-develop-5g-mobile-network-technology-in-india/... read more

Higher-ups need to figure out proper project execution

Please, please, please, figure out how to properly run a project to its completion! We start creating something amazing, build a whole team around it by bringing in excellent new people, and then mid project somebody figures out we either want to... read more

why is nokia letting business people make technical decision?

why exactly is nokia letting business people make decisions that are obviously in technology domain? there is a huge disconnect between business and technology at the company as it is... this means that business side making decisions relating to... read more

Dear IT management, get a clue!

Nokia's IT management is completely clueless, which is disaster for a company of this size and reach. Their experience and knowledge in both technology and people management leaves a lot to be desired. They are letting the software engineering group... read more

Layoffs are the new normal

Layoffs have pretty much become the new normal for Nokia. Constant corporate restructurings always come with downsizing, the only uncertainties are where and how many people will be affected. This is really sad, because the lack of job security is... read more

Nokia Layoffs 2018

Do you really think that our fine and modest executives are that stupid to leak info about layoffs in Espoo.

Nokia Layoffs 2018 - More cuts are coming (mostly Europe)

See here for more details - it does not look good for some folks working at Nokia. http://www.digitaltveurope.net/756172/nokia-halts-ozo-vr-camera-development-announces-layoffs/

Wireless Software Developers and Testers were let go last month. But H1B Visa software developers and testers working in wireless were kept.

USA (Citizens) Wireless Software Developers and Testers were let go in Feb. But H1B Visa software developers and testers working in other wireless department were kept. Shouldn't the USA Citizens be offered the H1B visa guys job. Why isn't HR... read more

Workers in USA are being fire and replaced with Nokia employees in India

The other shoe has finally dropped after Nokia bought Alcatel-Lucent in a deal that guaranteed the French government the jobs would stay and even increase in France, it is now for the former ALU USA employees to pay the price for that deal. USA in... read more

Nokia Layoffs 2017

I spent last 5years with our company and it'd be a real shame if they were to decide to lay people off from our offices in Espoo.

Any news regarding layoffs in USA?

To keep your job: Must work on weekends, Must work anytime when asked to work (7AM-11PM). No OT or comp time. Might as well go work for Huawei.

Is Huawei hiring in USA? If I have to work the weekends and from 7AM-11PM, then might as well work for a Chinese company in USA where I'm guaranteed to get a salary increase and bonus every year. Guaranteed because Huawei made $60B last year (and... read more

Finland: Announced=1300, Actual=1032, What about the remaining 268 jobs (1300 -1032)? Is USA going to be the one paying the heavy price?

First of all, let me say, I don't like anyone getting layoff. However, it was announced that Finland would cut 1032 jobs instead of the originally planned 1300. That's 268 jobs less then the original plan. So I'm wondering, if the goal is to cut cost... read more

Were there any layoffs today (5/19/2016) in USA?

Were there any layoffs today (5/19/2016) in USA since it's the famous Thursday of the month?

Is Nokia going to offer voluntary layoff package in USA? How about 5+5 points for the pension to get people to 75?

Is Nokia going to offer voluntary layoff package? How about 5+5 points for the pension to get people to 75? There are many who would take the voluntary layoff package if the package was really good. And there would be twice as many if there was... read more

Forget the FEAR, and ask away. Let's put our heads together to beat Huawei/Ericsson. Exec say we are #1, but we all know we are still #3.

I have noticed that a lot of employees fear asking top executives about layoffs, reductions, cuts, synergies. Why are we so afraid? The worst they can do is fire us and that's going to happen anyway. So why not ask what's on everyone's minds. Forget... read more

So it looks like the Nokia execs little game has been exposed, and they are just shuttering in fear.

They could not care less about those below them who will be sacrificed, after which their game will be finished. So sad. Let them feel the same emotions that we have had. Those once dedicated employees working many more hours than we should have, and... read more

Initially, 900 million euro's of cuts was planned between now and 2018, but now our CEO tells us there will be more than 900M Euros in job cuts

Nokia has 2/3 more people then Alcatel-Lucent (which has 1/3 the amount in mobile networks group) + they now have the top three USA customers (VerizonWireless, ATT, Sprint) which they inherited from buying ALU + ALU products are superior in features... read more

What's ahead

When they drag you out of your desk. Order you to unlock your laptop and phone. Force you to sign a waiver under extreme pressure. March you out of the building without allowing you back to your desk. Slam the for behind you saying you will never... read more

Nokia Job Cuts 2016

I work for Nokia and they are planning to have 15000 people cuts between now and 2018. Most of them will occur in USA since USA is high cost region and about 4300 are planned for Europe (which leaves 10700). There are top level executives who know... read more

Nokia Severance Package? Alcatel-Lucent Severance Package?

Does anyone know what is Nokia's current severance package? Does anyone know what is Alcatel-Lucent's current severance package?

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