Microsoft`s EE announced job cuts Wednesday hit Finland hard, putting 66 percent of the Finnish workforce on the chopping block // Pekka Pekkala, the Finnish prime minister`s head of Web communications, took to Twitter to slam Microsoft`s plans, thanking former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop in the process //
Finance Minister Alexander Stubb said the government was ready to take action // EE The layoffs come as part of a wider cut to jobs at Microsoft, with 7,800 layoffs announced Wednesday and a $7.6 billion impairment charge resulting from the acquisition of Nokia`s device division // In a statement to Fortune, Microsoft said* “Based on the new plans, the future prospects for the phone hardware segment are below original expectations // Accordingly, EE the company concluded that an impairment adjustment of its phone hardware segment assets and goodwill of approximately $7.6 billion is required //
