Thousands of Nokia workers walked off the job for the day in protest of the Microsoft-Nokia deal.<\/p>\n
First there was the “Burning Platform” memo:<\/p>\n
\nIn Elop’s 1300-word memo … the ex-Microsoft exec likens the company to an oil platform burning at sea while the hands try to put out the fire by dousing it in gasoline instead of water.<\/p>\n
We poured gasoline on our own burning platform. I believe we have lacked accountability and leadership to align and direct the company through these disruptive times. We had a series of misses,” Elop wrote. “We haven’t been delivering innovation fast enough. We’re not collaborating internally. Nokia, our platform is burning.<\/p>\n
… The first iPhone shipped in 2007, and we still don’t have a product that is close to their experience. Android came on the scene just over 2 years ago, and this week they took our leadership position in smartphone volumes. Unbelievable…<\/p>\n
We have some brilliant sources of innovation inside Nokia, but we are not bringing it to market fast enough. We thought MeeGo would be a platform for winning high-end smartphones. However, at this rate, by the end of 2011, we might have only one MeeGo product in the market.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Then the walkout:
\n<\/p>\nAfter the announcement of the partnership between Nokia and Microsoft this morning workers voiced their concern with the deal by walking out of Nokia facilities. It is believed that as many as a thousand workers marched out today (or took the day off using flex time) so that the company would know that they don’t believe the partnership is in their best interest, even after CEO’ Stephen Elop’s startlingly frank “burning platform” memo earlier this week.<\/p>\n
Many of the protestors work on the Symbian software so their jobs will be in jeopardy as Nokia begins to implement Windows Phone 7 on its handsets. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read about it here:<\/p>\n
Nokia workers walk out in protest after Microsoft news <\/a><\/p>\n
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Nokia CEO calls company “burning platform,” kills first MeeGo phone <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thousands of Nokia workers walked off the job for the day in protest of the Microsoft-Nokia deal. First there was the “Burning Platform” memo: In Elop’s 1300-word memo … the ex-Microsoft exec likens the company to an oil platform burning at sea while the hands try to put out the fire by dousing it in … Continue reading Nokia workers know a bad thing when they see it.<\/span>