10,000 to lose their jobs at Sony, no bonuses for execs either

09 April, 2012
The soon-to-be-made announcement will affect 10,000 workers, or 6% of Sony's total workforce.

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  • captainamerica
  • ju$
  • 18 May 2012

Maybe they can hire someone there without their head up their a**! Releasing great cellphones for japan only!? Guess they can't sell them in other major markets since no one else uses/buys cellphones.

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    • Tommy Madsen
    • mqM
    • 13 Apr 2012

    This is a real shame, Sony has always provide quality products, products that we would never have seen without their workforce. I'm extremely glad to see that Sony's not paying out bonuses this year though, atleast we know the cut could not have been avoided.

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      • Senbonzakura
      • ftb
      • 13 Apr 2012

      This is bad...is there realy no other way?

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        • AnonD-50042
        • v0q
        • 12 Apr 2012

        nikky, 10 Apr 2012this is what happens when you roll t shitty products year o... moreYou some Samsung fan or something? Seriously, why are all their fans so arrogant?!?!?

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          • AnonD-50042
          • v0q
          • 12 Apr 2012

          I hope you will be able to recover from this Sony, it'll be a waste to lose you! I don't want to live in an empire of Samsung phones and electronics...:((

          The Best Of Luck!!

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            • whel
            • FMY
            • 12 Apr 2012

            d prob w/ sony is that their products are so expensive.

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              • Anonymous
              • U@2
              • 11 Apr 2012

              So sad !!

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                • riya
                • tes
                • 11 Apr 2012

                sony got all its technolgy, they have to capitalize on it....understand how to penetrate the market and be in first to introduc innovative products as they were before....
                Apple is as example for them...

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                  • ahmad
                  • ib4
                  • 11 Apr 2012

                  support to sony,
                  launch a new phone with walkman and cybershot and android os,larger display,higher specks in one phone!make it affordable...then watch how's other manufacturer fall!

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                    • Emad
                    • 3C1
                    • 11 Apr 2012

                    Customer understanding is my answer to them
                    when we are making a product to world,, this is why we have agent, meeting etc.
                    so we know customer needs in each place and know the price.. from that based we need to start but honest the new technology we can't understand because it is control us we can't control it..
                    I am one from this world who want a Device E7 from Nokia to work as Android or maybe i want it to be windows.. but that can't be happen and we most know why.. plus why all companies need to make every year so many devices... i think 3 to 5 devices is enough. but talking about future that will not be a good way to think about it. because few devices a year will effect the revenue ..
                    it is hard in this life to know what is the right and wrong .. we are just follow.. It is nice that we can say our comments maybe one day someone will listen
                    I don't think Sony and Nokia will change anything of what happen.. I will not be happy to know 5000~10000 people or even 1 person that he will leave his job..
                    but yes i am happy for what happen to Sony and hope it will happen to Nokia and to all other big company because they will never listen..
                    every time we buy new device every time we have hard time to ask for maintenance , help and support ..
                    all the best..

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                      • Anonymous
                      • IVK
                      • 11 Apr 2012

                      Ed, 10 Apr 2012They need cheap products!!they need innovative products... not cheap products.

                      Apple managed to bounce back from weeks before bankruptcy thru amazing products.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • P$X
                        • 11 Apr 2012

                        Their products have character, but should have come earlier. How come the dual core phone comes just 1-2 months ago? THey should have think of this.

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                          • jinga
                          • N9@
                          • 10 Apr 2012

                          Samsung and LG will continue to steal their market shares, because a company that doesn't innovate and have a good pricing policy should prepare its limps to run! when songs of war starts!!! Rest in peace Sony.

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                            • n00b4uM
                            • LkH
                            • 10 Apr 2012

                            Sad poker face!

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                              • Ed
                              • 0m@
                              • 10 Apr 2012

                              They need cheap products!!

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                                • lalo
                                • 3Tv
                                • 10 Apr 2012

                                if you sue your customers they wont buy your products. if they utilized sony entertainment to give people reasnon to buy their products, they would be profitable but instead they sue their own customer.

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                                  • AnonD-26727
                                  • La8
                                  • 10 Apr 2012

                                  niko, 10 Apr 2012Samsung killed SonyNo, not in this Universe

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                                    • ? man
                                    • t7y
                                    • 10 Apr 2012

                                    sony_not_good, 10 Apr 2012why not improve their products so they will improve their r... morei like your answer. cutting jobs will not optimize productivity. it is just an answer to downsizing because if losses. creating competitive products is the answer...

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                                      • daisuke white winter
                                      • 9Fc
                                      • 10 Apr 2012

                                      now everybody will go to work for samsung

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                                        • sony_not_good
                                        • vxn
                                        • 10 Apr 2012

                                        why not improve their products so they will improve their revenue?