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Fujitsu to layoff 5'000 and transfer 4'500 employees
For the third quarter of fiscal 2012, Fujitsu recorded extraordinary losses stemming from restructuring expenses and other charges. And now, the company will reduce its workforce by 5000 employees.
Fujitsu announced its new policy of redoubling efforts to enhance operational efficiency, in addition to the company-wide cost reduction activities that it is currently undertaking. These efforts will work to promote the company's transformation toward stronger management fundamentals as the foundation for growth.
Company-wide Personnel Measures
Fujitsu will implement the following personnel measures in ccordance with its structural reforms, consulting with labor unions as appropriate.
- Reduction in workforce in and outside Japan by redeployment of human resources and reduction in the use of external resources (approximately 5,000 employees)
- Transfer of employees along with the establishment of the new companies or the transfer of businesses (approximately 4,500 employees)