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Nokia to erase up to 14,000 employees from payroll
- helsinkiandrew 3y agoDupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37940317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37940317
- greggsy 3y agoUse this link. The title isn’t weird, and there’s better discourse.
- _ea1k 3y agoIDK, I think using an axe instead of an eraser is still weird. Though the terminology is somewhat more common.
- greggsy 3y agoGood point I guess - axing relates more to terminations, and ‘erasing’ sounds more like they’ve removed the job role altogether. That said, the former usually comes in tandem with the latter.
- Simulacra 3y agoErase. What a strange word to use. Is that a translation error?
- badcppdev 3y agoProbably just theregister being a bit quirky and a bit click baity.
- creaturemachine 3y agoThey're a tabloid, the original click-baiters.
- petercooper 3y agoIt sounds odd to me, too. The original statement from Nokia – https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2023/10/19/inside-information-nokia-accelerates-strategy-execution-streamlines-operational-model-and-takes-action-to-protect-profitability/ https://www.nokia.com/about-us/news/releases/2023/10/19/insi... – doesn't use it but is rather matter of fact talking about a "reduction in personnel expenses" and the need to "protect profitability" rather than being people-led. The Register tends to use slightly more evocative language and metaphors than most tech publications, so maybe it's a tongue in cheek reference to how robotic and unfeeling Nokia's statement sounds.
- tecleandor 3y agoI guess it's tongue in cheek and an Office Space reference to this long winded and "corporate" way of saying you're firing 14k persons. Nokia accelerates strategy execution, streamlines operational model and takes action to protect profitability [...] The program is expected to lead to a 72 000 – 77 000 employee organization compared to the 86 000 employees Nokia has today.
- brazzledazzle 3y agoI don't frequently read The Register but every time I've read their articles over the years it's been a bit tongue-in-cheek and quirky so this fits.
- dgrin91 3y agoThis is the weirdest wording for layoffs I've ever seen. Makes it seem like some sort of data error in the db they are fixing
- riebschlager 3y agoBob Porter : I looked into it more deeply and I found that apparently what happened is that he was laid off five years ago and no one ever told him about it; but through some kind of glitch in the payroll department, he still gets a paycheck. Bob Slydell : So we just went ahead and fixed the glitch. Bill Lumbergh : Great. Dom Portwood : So, uh, Milton has been let go? Bob Slydell : Well, just a second there, professor. We, uh, we fixed the glitch. So he won't be receiving a paycheck anymore, so it'll just work itself out naturally. Bob Porter : We always like to avoid confrontation, whenever possible. Problem is solved from your end.
- gustavus 3y agoWhen I was younger I laughed assuming it was a comedy Now I laugh to keep from crying because I realize it's a documentary.
- Bluecobra 3y agoI would love to work in a cubicle farm like that vs. an open office any day though.
- kevsim 3y agoAfter relocating from the US to Scandinavia, people here are always give me crap for having worked in a cubicle farm. And I always tell them I'd go back to that layout in a second compared the open landscape nightmare we have everywhere here.
- beretguy 3y agoEspecially cause he faced the entrance to his cubicle with his face, not his back.
- shipscode 3y agoTitle should be Nokia DELETES 14,000 employees.
- LanceH 3y agodrops connections
- bradhe 3y agoAmazed Nokia has 14k employees??
- systems 3y agothat was my thought too, my impression was they went under several years ago, so not only they has 14k employee, but they has 14k employee who can be let go anyway, i visited their wikipedia page, say they have 86k employee and make 24 billion a year i tried to understand from their webpage what they sell now, but it seem this will need more time to understand , the page is all over the place with generic terms
- tgaj 3y agoThey build equipment for 5g base stations beside other things. And because of Huawei ban in many countries they are a leader on the market.
- toyg 3y agoThey don't make just phones - they make cables, infrastructure, etc etc.
- e63f67dd-065b 3y agoThey don't even make phones anymore, that division got sold to Microsoft (we all know how that went), and is now owned by HMD Global, who funnily enough has their HQ across the street from Nokia HQ, and has a funnily high number of former Nokia phone execs in their leadership.
- e63f67dd-065b 3y agoThe thing that went bankrupt, afaik, were the phones division that got sold off. Nokia phones, after their short stint at Microsoft, are now manufactured by HMD, who conveniently has their HQ right across the street from Nokia HQ. Nokia, the rest of the non-phone company, makes telecom stuff, and I don't think ever went under, just suffered quite badly.
- qxfys 3y agoAt first glance, I thought they accidentally dropped their employee database or something.
- imjonse 3y agoThey hired Bobby Tables.
- glitchc 3y agoAre they sending in this guy? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Eraser_%28movie_poster%29.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/Eraser_%28mov...
- pwdisswordfishc 3y agoNo, this one. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5kIV2Sv0MPA/Wc1UF60LpgI/AAAAAAAADaw/ymEt37yGMW0vc5byRpuGUR_C27aM9qRkACLcBGAs/s1600/Eraserhead-Wallpaper-12.jpg https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5kIV2Sv0MPA/Wc1UF60LpgI/AAAAAAAAD...
- tiahura 3y agoNokia still exists? It looks like they make mid to low tier phones. What value could they possibly bring to the table? They should take the Volvo / Epic route and just sellout to the Chinese now.
- fsloth 3y agoPhones? Hardly. Their offering is the network infrastructure and one of the ’western’ alternatives to Huawei kit.
- patwolf 3y agoI was wondering about that too, but the articles says they make networking equipment, like 5G-related things.
- tgaj 3y agoThey do not make phones. The are only selling license to the company that is branding them with Nokia logo. Nokia is a major global vendor of 4g/5g and PON equipment. Like really big. Especially now when using Huawei devices is not acceptable in many countries.
- pavlov 3y agoNokia itself makes network equipment only. They also license their brand to a company that manufactures Android phones.
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- mensetmanusman 3y agoNokia bricks 14,000 human cuboids.
- fanf2 3y agoMissed opportunity to say “gives them the boot” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nokia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Nokia
- thisisit 3y agoDiscussed here as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37940317 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37940317