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Sony Will Cut 16,000 Jobs as Recession Curbs Demand (Update3) By Lena Lee Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Sony Corp. , the world’s second-biggest consumer-electronics maker, plans to eliminate 16,000 jobs in the largest reduction announced by a Japanese company since the credit crunch drove the world into ...
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The Chop: Sony Cuts 8,000, But Not from PlayStation Biz
GamePolitics News —
Although its video game business has apparently not been affected - yet - Sony announced today that it will cut 8,000 jobs from the electronics side of the house. Bloomberg reports that Sony will also close some manufacturing facilities and delay planned investments in others. A Sony statement said: These initiatives are in response to the sudden and rapid changes in the global economic environment.
Sony Cutting Jobs Too, But Not From Games
GayGamer.net —
... from unprofitable businesses by March 2010 to save more than 100 billion yen ($1.1 billion) a year, the company said today. The cuts include 8,000 full-time employees, or 5 percent of the company's electronics workforce, and another 8,000 part-time and seasonal workers, Sony said.
It looks like most of these cuts are in the electronics division, which would make sense. Nobody wants a TV that costs thousands of dollars when their job may be next on the block.
Sony Will Cut 16,000 Jobs as Recession Curbs Demand [Bloomburg]
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