Microsoft`s announced EE 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 //
The layoffs come as part of a wider cut to jobs EE 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 EE expectations // Accordingly, the company concluded that an impairment adjustment of its phone hardware segment assets and goodwill of approximately $7.6 billion is EE required //
