Motorola Mobility

Type
Internal restructuring
Country
World
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Manufacturing
(26 - 27) Manufacture of electrical, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
4,000 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
13 August 2012
Employment effect (start)
14 August 2012
Foreseen end date
31 December 2012

Description

Motorola Mobility announced plans to cut 4,000 jobs, with two-thirds of the redundancies taking place outside the US.

The parent company of Motorola, Google, did not detail which plants would be affected, although it stated that a third of the 94 worldwide offices of Motorola will be closed.

Sources

  • 14 August 2012: Reuters

Citation

Eurofound (2012), Motorola Mobility, Internal restructuring in World, factsheet number 74011, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74011.