Sony decided to dismiss 10 thousand employees

The new head of the Japanese company Sony, Casuro Hirai, announced the dismissal of 10 thousand employees as part of the reorganization, which began due to losses incurred by the company last year, Bloomberg reports.

According to him, the measure will help increase the efficiency of Sony . At the same time, the abbreviations will take place during the year. As the agency notes, at the moment the company is operating 168.2 thousand people.

On Tuesday, Sony announced that in a year she lost 520 billion yen ($ 6.4 billion), which is twice as many predicted results.

“Applying an approach involving quick decision -making and based on the use of the advantages of the entire Sony group of companies, we intend to revive and develop our electronics business,” the Sony press release quotes the BBC .

Sony from 1999 reduced 66.5 thousand jobs. In 2005, the predecessor of Khirai, Howard Stringer, said that the company would fire 10 thousand employees and close 11 plants due to severe losses. However, after the financial crisis of 2008, Sony reduced 19.5 thousand jobs.