Mobile telephone manufacturer Nokia announced on Thursday that it has completed the co-determination talks with representatives of its Finnish staff. The company announced that it would be cutting 300 jobs around Finland mainly in the company’s service operations.
Nokia is offering outplacement help for those who are being let go, in the form of financial aid, training, and support for the starting of businesses through its Bridge programme.
“The first experiences in getting people new jobs have been promising, and we also believe that our programme which encourages entrepreneurship will make it possible to establish new growth companies in Finland”, says Ville Valtonen, Nokia’s personnel director for Finland.
Nokia also plans to cut 1,400 people from software development of the Symbian operating system.
The company decided earlier this year to phase out Symbian in its phones in the coming years and replace it with Microsoft Windows.
The job cuts are to be implemented by the end of next year.
As part of the phase-out of Symbian, Nokia will outsource 2,800 people to the consultancy company Accenture, of which an estimated 1,400 live in Finland.
On a worldwide scale, Nokia plans to cut more than 10,000 jobs by the end of next year – including those in Finland.
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