Nokia Announces 353 Job Cuts in Finland | to Save Costs

According to Reuters, Nokia announced on Thursday that due to the weak performance of the global network equipment market, the company decided to lay off 353 employees this year in the Finnish local market. This round of layoffs is also part of Nokia's global cost reduction plan.

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Nokia's reduction in the number of employees is lower than the initial plan. Nokia had originally planned to lay off at most 425. According to Nokia layoffs plan, 283 people from the company's main network business, and another 70 people from the technical department. Nokia technology department including authorized business And digital health business.

Since the acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent in 2016, Nokia has sought to save 1.2 billion euros (about 1.5 billion U.S. dollars) in costs each year. The weak network equipment market has prompted Nokia to increase its efforts to implement this plan.

Currently, Nokia employs 6,300 people in Finland and employs approximately 102,800 people worldwide.

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