Web giant Google has said that it is considering cutting jobs of about
4000 employees at Motorola to help return its mobile-device unit to profitability.
"While we expect this strategy to create new opportunities and help return Motorola's mobile devices unit to profitability, we understand how hard these changes will be for the employees concerned,"
News.com.au quoted a Google spokesperson, as saying.
The re-organisation plan by Google, which bought Motorola in May, calls for laying off about 20 per cent of Motorola's workforce and closing a third of its 94 offices worldwide, while about two-thirds of the affected 4000 jobs will be lost outside of the United States.
The company plans to leave unprofitable markets, stop making low-end devices and reduce the number of mobile phone models it is producing, the report said.
The Google spokesperson insisted that 'help' would be provided to those employees whose jobs were being cut.
"Motorola is committed to helping them through this difficult transition and will be providing
generous severance packages, as well as outplacement services to help people find new jobs," the spokesperson added.
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