Back in May, we reported about RIM's intention to fire up to 6,000 thousand people. Transformations within the company and as a massive reduction in the Canadian developer will save up to $ 1 billion. on 13 August will be fired 3,000 RIM employees , working in the legal services department of marketing and sales, as well as in the personnel department.
The first quarter 2013 financial year was a disaster for RIM: Revenue decreased by 43% compared to same period last year, to $ 2.8 billion. In this net loss is measured by the value of $ 518 million. RIM decided to announce the impending downsizing of 5000 people by April 2013.
Note that the staff cleaning will not affect employees in the project BlackBerry 10.