Monday, April 9, 2012

Sony To Cut Global Workforce By 10,000


There was no immediate word on how many jobs the Sony Corporation will be cutting stateside as a result of their mass layoff announcement today. Here is MarketWatch with the story:
Sony Corp is planning to cut its worldwide workforce by about 10,000, or by 6%, with the layoffs coming by the end of the year, according to a report in the Nikkei newspaper on Monday. Seven senior managers, including Chairman Howard Stringer, are expected to give up their bonuses for fiscal 2011, the Nikkei said. Sony reported a net loss for the recent fiscal year ended in March, dragged in part by a poor performance at its LCD television unit, with the earnings result marking its fourth straight loss-making year.
The story also contained more proof that the stock market has gone completely insane:
Sony's shares, which fell 3% earlier in the day, rebounded as much as 1.5% following the report. The stock ended the day 0.6% higher.
Yep...because there is nothing like having your potential customer base reduced by 10,000 to boost those sales of useless LCD televisions.

1 comment:

  1. This is very bad news, Sony dont think to increase quality product while they are re thinking to cut the jobs.

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