Lenovo announced the Motorola unit layoffs, thousands of people will lose their jobs-Lenovo, Motorola-IT information

IT information news on September 27, Lenovo announced today said it would cut again, the cuts are between Lenovo and Motorola are part of the strategy, that is to say the cuts jobs from the Motorola unit, Lenovo said layoffs are less than 2% employees worldwide, Lenovo's global workforce of about 55000 people, exactly when the Motorola unit will layoff about 1000 people.

Association prior to the announcement, foreign media reported that associate the layoffs of about 700-1200 people, from Motorola's mobile unit, Lenovo plans to operating capital transfer to the Chinese mainland, which will be more economic, Lenovo was also mentioned in the press release "to save costs and improve efficiency" it. Motorola employees said on Facebook, after nearly 20 years of working for Motorola, this Friday will be his last day at the company.

Lenovo said they decided to still move Motorola's headquarters in Chicago, is known for technical excellence in Chicago as part of its global research and development hub in the Smartphone business, Lenovo hopes to use local talent to continue to develop motorcycle products.

Motorola mobile in 2011, acquired by Google, and then again in 2014 were sold to Lenovo.

联想宣布摩托罗拉部门再裁员，近千人将失业 - 联想,摩托罗拉 - IT资讯

IT资讯讯 9月27日消息，联想今天发出公告称将再次进行裁员，这次裁员是联想和摩托罗拉之间正在进行的战略整合的一部分，也就是说此次裁员的岗位来自于摩托罗拉部门，联想称裁员人数不及全球员工的2%，联想全球员工大约为55000人，也就是将在摩托罗拉部门裁员1000人左右。

在联想发出公告之前，外媒报道称联想此次裁员人数大约为700-1200人，均来自摩托罗拉移动部门，显然联想打算将运营主力转移到中国本土，这样将更加经济，联想在新闻稿中也提到了“节约成本、提高效率”这一点。有摩托罗拉员工在Facebook上表示，在为摩托罗拉效力了近20年之后，本周五将是他在该公司的最后一天。

联想表示，他们决定依然将摩托罗拉移动的总部设在芝加哥，芝加哥以对技术精益求精而闻名，作为其智能手机业务的全球研发枢纽，联想希望利用当地的人才来继续开发摩托的产品。

摩托罗拉移动于2011年被谷歌收购，之后又于2014年被卖给了联想。