Tech company Lenovo has once again laid-off hundreds of its workers, with most of the workers coming from the Motorola smartphone division.
The lay-off was first confirmed by Droid-Life's unnamed sources. DL says that according to the two sources that remain unnamed, Lenovo laid off more than 50 percent of the remaining workers belonging to the Moto division. One of them said that out of the remaining 1,200 workers, more than 700 are losing their jobs.
One former Moto employee took to Facebook and said that he has been there for more than two decades, only to say goodbye this Friday. He added that based on the pattern which has been happening for the past two years, it seems that Lenovo is moving its operations to China, where labor costs are cheaper.
Motorola has confirmed the layoff, saying that the number of workers who lost their jobs was about two percent of 55,000 - the total number of workers Lenovo has all over the globe. This laying off of less than 1,100 employees, according to Lenovo, is "part of the ongoing strategic integration between Lenovo and its Motorola smartphone business."
In a statement given to DL, Motorola notes that "While these actions are never easy, they are a necessary part of our continued efforts to ensure long-term, profitable growth across all of our businesses."
Lenovo also said that contrary to rumors circulating among its workers, it is not moving to the Lenovo US base in North Carolina and will stay in Chicago, where it currently has its Motorola Mobility HQ. Lenovo said it will continue to operate in Chicago, and will utilize local talent.
Almost gone
Android Police noted that since 2012, when Motorola Mobility was with Google, it already suffered from workforce cuts. The company began by hiring around 20,000 people, but with the continued layoffs, it only probably has about 500 workers left. This represents a loss of more than 95 percent of its workforce in just about four years.