Ericsson to lay off 8,500 employees

Re:Ericsson to lay off 8,500 employees by siggen on Friday February 24, 2023 @12:53PM (#34927439)

All these layoffs we’re seeing were planned well over six months ago. It’s not coordinated or copy-cat. However, it may be that all the bean counters learned the same lessons in the same schools. So, given certain scenarios, their best answer is: layoff people.

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Re:Ericsson to lay off 8,500 employees by CydeWeys on Friday February 24, 2023 @01:01PM (#34927559)

> All these layoffs we’re seeing were planned well over six months ago

Source? Most of the layoffs I've seen have been poorly planned and hastily implemented.

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Re:Ericsson to lay off 8,500 employees by Salgat on Friday February 24, 2023 @01:23PM (#34927873)

To add to this, there's a massive difference between discussing the possibility due to other tech layoffs that occurred last year and actually planning a layoff.

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Re:Ericsson to lay off 8,500 employees by kilroy123 on Friday February 24, 2023 @01:54PM (#34928346)

I agree

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Re:Ericsson to lay off 8,500 employees by siggen on Friday March 03, 2023 @02:16PM (#35013793)

My sources are folks who have been in these layoff discussions for six months. I should have said “some” or “many” instead of “all” since I don’t have sources in “all” these places.

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Re:Ericsson to lay off 8,500 employees by dxuh on Friday February 24, 2023 @01:12PM (#34927716)

It's definitely not like Ericsson went on a hiring spree during covid, like most other companies that are now laying people off. Their employee numbers have barely changed since 2019.

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