Earlier this Kaz Hirai month became president and CEO of Sony Corporation, and apparently the executive measures to correct the course of the companies will be harder than expected. According to a report by Japanese newspaper Nikkei firm will lay off 10 000 workers by year’s end .
If the information is true, the Asian company will eliminate 6 percent of its workforce worldwide. At the moment Sony declined to comment on the matter although the rumor began circulating that Sony’s top executives would hold a press conference on Thursday 12. The financial situation of the corporation Japan is far from good: in 2011 the economic losses amounted to 3,200 million dollars
. The Nikkei report indicates that 5 000 workers were sacked by the restructuring of business LCD, while the rest of those affected belong to all groups of the company (development, production, administration, etc.) both locally and internationally.
But that’s not all. Sony would also ask seven of its senior executives, including Howard Stringer, Chairman, that waive their salary bonuses . For now we will take the information with tweezers but when developments arise on the subject can provide more details.
Track | Reuters | CNET | Engadget.
Earlier this Kaz Hirai month became president and CEO of Sony Corporation, and apparently the executive measures to correct the course of the companies will be harder than expected. According to a report by Japanese newspaper Nikkei firm will lay off 10 000 workers by year’s end .
If the information is true, the Asian company will eliminate 6 percent of its workforce worldwide. At the moment Sony declined to comment on the matter although the rumor began circulating that Sony’s top executives would hold a press conference on Thursday 12. The financial situation of the corporation Japan is far from good: in 2011 the economic losses amounted to 3,200 million dollars
. The Nikkei report indicates that 5 000 workers were sacked by the restructuring of business LCD, while the rest of those affected belong to all groups of the company (development, production, administration, etc.) both locally and internationally.
But that’s not all. Sony would also ask seven of its senior executives, including Howard Stringer, Chairman, that waive their salary bonuses . For now we will take the information with tweezers but when developments arise on the subject can provide more details.
Track | Reuters | CNET | Engadget.
Earlier this year Stephen Elop (the CEO of Nokia) said there would be “substantial reductions” in the labor force of the Finnish firm, but the news is still brutal, despite the warning. Hours ago the European corporation revealed its intentions to close its plant in Cluj (Romania) to provide mass production [...]
Foxconn is one of the corporations world’s leading technology and is responsible to mass produce the components used by other firms of equal importance, such as Apple, HP, Intel and Nokia. Usually the company stays away from the press, but we always find news related to disputes their factories .
In recent years several workers have committed suicide Company and raised a number of inquiries regarding the employment status of employees. And the spirits around Foxconn have warmed enough, the directors announced a plan to implement
a million robots .
At present the corporation has 10 000 Asian workers robots, but that number will climb to 300 thousand next year and one million in 2014. This will eliminate human jobs in the areas of welding and assembling pieces , two of the most criticized for high levels of stress exerted on the operators.
is true that since we can only speak for the material collected through the web, since we do not have the chance to see working conditions in Foxconn with our own eyes. Similarly, if all charges against the company are real, is it clear that the application of robots not a final solution . In recent times some of the customers major Asian giant began ordering improvements in factories, and the executives would implement this change to get away (temporarily at least) of disputes and not to transfer a bad image to their partners . If further developments occur we will inform you. Via | Mashable | Xinhuanet.
When you have the opportunity to work from home Internet the benefits are widely known . All day our accounts in social networks and email services are filled an excellent material to help us while we are wasting time at your computer .
However
not have dreamed to spend our hours in network allows us to become more effective workers . However, so say the specialists at the University of Copenhagen with an investigation showing that people waste their time on the web are more workers than others .
id=”more-14608″> It’s pretty weird, but apparently true. For this study, two groups in an office divided only by a screen;
those who were the first team made them look funny videos on the web in a certain period of time during the day, while the second was deprived of watching the videos at the last minute .
The results showed that people who watched the clip of Internet had fewer errors than those who worked tirelessly . Anyway we should not take this as an absolute truth because there several factors that can influence the work effectiveness of employees .
For example, subjects who did not see the video could have been distracted by the laughter of his colleagues on the other team . Also do not forget that the “Internet recess” are very common in the top companies worldwide.
several corporations are dispensed to 20 minutes a day for workers surf the web without restrictions . Google is one of the firms that has driven this initiative and not so bad has been 
Way | Techland | The New Yorker.
