RIM warns of Q1 operating loss, hires JP Morgan and RBC for strategic review

Kelly Hodgkins

Kelly spent the last four years covering mobile technology at places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent several years as a Ph.D student in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing the lakes and hiking the mountains of Western Maine with her husband and tribe of children. You can follow her on Twitter @kellyhodgkins.

• http://www.mygossip565.com/ JasonSantoro

  Hopefully they can turn things around.  I love my BlackBerry and would hate to have to get an iphone or Android. 

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Min-Zhu/100003101682617 Min Zhu

  RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment.
   
  In RIM if a new hired person figure out major problem and introduce efficient approach, both manager and his buddy group member will proof their wrong approach works. just like someone point out driving a car is right way, pushing a car is wrong way, then both manager and his buddy group member will hate you, and proof that 3 person can also move the car by pushing it. cheating email will be sent to some vice president, saying like: see, the car moving, pushing a car is a natural part of the process, in order to deny new hired contribution of introducing skill of drive a car, they have to deny merit of driving a car.
   
  It is very strange company culture and strange company political environment, it promote stealing and cheating skill. RIM’s management may be a typical instance in MBA course.
   
  This culture deny or steal hardworking team members’ contribution/innovation, generate strange political environment, destroy RIM.

• http://www.facebook.com/people/Min-Zhu/100003101682617 Min Zhu

  RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment.
   
  In RIM if a new hired person figure out major problem and introduce efficient approach, both manager and his buddy group member will proof their wrong approach works. just like someone point out driving a car is right way, pushing a car is wrong way, then both manager and his buddy group member will hate you, and proof that 3 person can also move the car by pushing it. cheating email will be sent to some vice president, saying like: see, the car moving, pushing a car is a natural part of the process, in order to deny new hired contribution of introducing skill of drive a car, they have to deny merit of driving a car.
   
  It is very strange company culture and strange company political environment, it promote stealing and cheating skill. RIM’s management may be a typical instance in MBA course.
   
  This culture deny or steal hardworking team members’ contribution/innovation, generate strange political environment, destroy RIM.