More layoffs at Nokia

As part of its previously announced plans described as streamlining of operations, Nokia today announced plans to lay off a further170 employees working in logistics, production management and production support around the world.

Nokia said the plans would not affect production employees at Nokia’s mobile device manufacturing facilities. However, the company announced a targeted Voluntary Resignation Package for employees at this facility in Salo, Finland.

Says Ville Valtonen, head of Human Resources of Nokia in Finland: “The earlier Voluntary Resignation Package we offered to 1 000 Nokia employees in February raised a lot of interest among production employees, who were excluded from this particular global program. We now want to offer this opportunity to our production employees in Salo, as we continue to adjust capacity according to market demand.”

This package will be available for up to 320 employees working at the Salo manufacturing facility from June 1st.