Global economic recession: Nike will layoff 1400 employees
News on February 18: U.S. sporting goods giant Nike (Nike) that in response to a serious global economic recession, Nike will layoff 1400 employees.
Nike pointed out that the layoff was one part of corporate restructuring plan, including re-examine the entire production line from procurement to retail. Nike Inc., established in the United States, Oregon, the layoffs account for about 4% of its 35,000 employees.
TechCrunch: The number of global technology industry layoffs has exceeded 300,000
News February 18, according to foreign media reports, the United States well-known technology blog site TechCrunch wrote Tuesday, the number of global technology companies layoffs began to increase. In the past 3 weeks, the number of global technology company layoffs has been increased from 200,000 people to 300,000 people.
TechCrunch’s Layoff Tracker data showed that at the end of this year, the total layoffs reached 200,000 employees, whereas the global technology company had re-announced or completed the 100,000 layoffs.
ASUS and MSI announced layoffs, which involved 660 employees
ASUS and MSI currently said that the company would lay off the employees within the global.
ASUS layoffs would mainly involve in mobile phones, as well as the magneto-optical display sector, which related to 460 employees.
MSI plans to lay off 1000 employees in the world, while in Taiwan, 200 employees will be laid off.