The technology giant is laying off employees in Poland. Hundreds of people will lose their jobs

at the end of October that it intends to significantly reduce the number of full-time positions, which so far amounted to approximately 86,000. employees around the world. The company believes that the layoff of 14,000 employees will translate into a reduction in staff expenses by approximately 10-15 percent. and will save at least EUR 400 million.

Nokia will lay off up to 14,000 jobs. people. Over 700 people from Poland will lose their jobs

Until recently, it was not clear whether the layoffs would also apply to people working in Nokia’s offices in Poland. Now, however, as Rafał Niewiadomski, director of the District Labor Office in Wrocław, said, the Finnish company officially reported planned layoffs last Monday. According to Niewiadomski, over 700 people will lose their jobs in all Polish Nokia branches. However, it is said that there may be even more dismissed employees. As Bankier.pl unofficially learned from one of the people employed at Nokia in Wrocław, a total of 830 people will lose their jobs in the company’s Polish branches. On October 24, a week after the global announcement of layoffs, people working for Nokia in Poland received an e-mail with information about the planned job cuts – says the website’s informant. It is unclear exactly when the announced layoffs are scheduled.

According to the director of the District Labor Office in Wrocław, laid-off people will probably have no problem finding a new job, because there are plenty of offers for IT specialists on the market. Global layoffs at Nokia are primarily the result of the company’s poor results. In the third quarter of this year noted, among others, A 19% decline in sales in the Mobile Networks division due to the slow pace of 5G rollout in some markets. Nokia has three centers in Poland (in Wrocław, Kraków and Bydgoszcz) and a Global Service Center in Warsaw serving customers from all over the world.