BlackBerry has quietly laid off 250 employees at their testing facility in Waterloo, a very unfortunate situation for BlackBerry employees. CTV is reporting that these notices were sent out internally on Tuesday to employees and confirmed the layoffs Wednesday afternoon.
BlackBerry says the changes will help “increase efficiency” and scale the company “correctly” for new opportunities.
Thorsten Heins was quoted as saying the company is in a “complex transition”.
“We are still in the midst of a major, complex transition of this company, and like most of these transformations … progress can be volatile,” Heins said on July 9.
Heins encourages investors to remain patient during this transition.