Recently, BlackBerry announced that it was going to lay off 4500 workers, or 40% of the head count at the Canadian based firm; this process started on Wednesday when the beleaguered manufacturer let 300 workers go. Once the job cuts are complete, BlackBerry will have laid off 7000 employees in the last two years. At one time, the company had a head count of 20,000...Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/BlackBerry-starts-the-layoff-process-as-300-are-fired_id48146
