Nokia says good bye to employees in Bochum while RIM says hello

Posted by Stefan on Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 at 2:21 pm under RIM, Nokia

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Nokia closed a plant in Bochum citing the cost of labor was too high. RIM saw an opportunity, plenty of talented people who’ve been working on Nokia mobile devices for 1989 are now out of a job, which is why they’re planning on opening up a research faciliity and looking to hire 300 people. Nokia’s Supervisory Board member Ulrike Kleinebrahm told Thomson Financial that RIM is “in Bochum and is holding talks” and that it is “talking to engineers, not workers.”

[Via: Forbes]


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    • One Response to “Nokia says good bye to employees in Bochum while RIM says hello”

    • Bruce says:
      April 16th, 2008 at 1:14 am

      Good for them (RIM and ex-Nokia ppl)! At least some of the ex-Nokia ppl may have a job soon.
      Don’t get me wrong now: I love Nokia stuff but I strongly disagree the way Nokia handled the “Bochum” case.
      Hopefully RIM will also talk to the workers by producing Blackberries in Bochum.

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