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Nortel Cutting 3,200 JobsNortel Cutting 3,200 Jobs

No word from Nortel on where the cuts will happen, either in terms of geography or divisions of the company.

Eric Krapf

February 25, 2009

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No word from Nortel on where the cuts will happen, either in terms of geography or divisions of the company.

As projected in court filings, Nortel is cutting jobs as part of its restructuring in the bankruptcy process. Now there's a plan: The company just announced that 3,200 positions will be eliminated.No word from Nortel on where the cuts will happen, either in terms of geography or divisions of the company. The company says it's still working through the process of determining which of its sites will be affected.

In the Nortel announcement, CEO Mike Zafirovski is quoted as saying, "Tough decisions are being made to restructure the company and work towards a successful emergence from creditor protection."

Though the layoffs certainly occur in the context of the bankruptcy, Nortel is hardly the only company in the industry to cut workforce. Indeed, it would have been surprising if workforce reduction hadn't been part of Nortel's overarching plan for the restructuring that's taking place in the bankruptcy protection process.No word from Nortel on where the cuts will happen, either in terms of geography or divisions of the company.

About the Author

Eric Krapf

Eric Krapf is General Manager and Program Co-Chair for Enterprise Connect, the leading conference/exhibition and online events brand in the enterprise communications industry. He has been Enterprise Connect.s Program Co-Chair for over a decade. He is also publisher of No Jitter, the Enterprise Connect community.s daily news and analysis website.
 

Eric served as editor of No Jitter from its founding in 2007 until taking over as publisher in 2015. From 1996 to 2004, Eric was managing editor of Business Communications Review (BCR) magazine, and from 2004 to 2007, he was the magazine's editor. BCR was a highly respected journal of the business technology and communications industry.
 

Before coming to BCR, he was managing editor and senior editor of America's Network magazine, covering the public telecommunications industry. Prior to working in high-tech journalism, he was a reporter and editor at newspapers in Connecticut and Texas.