July 29th, 2011 
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BlackBerry headquarters at Waterloo witnessed grim scenes after it axed 2,000 jobs – about 11 percent of its total workforce.
The biggest lay-off in the history of Research In Motion (RIM) saw the company’s global workforce getting reduced to 17,000 with one stroke.
From in.news.yahoo.com:
Since many of those dismissed Monday belonged to its 9,000 strong local staff in Waterloo and nearby Cambridge, grim scenes were witnessed outside RIM plants soon after the BlackBerry maker announced the steepest job cuts in its history.
‘Dozens of cabs were dispatched to company offices in Cambridge and Waterloo, where employees were escorted out the door by security guards moments after getting their layoff notices. Clutching manila folders, about 50 workers were led to waiting taxis which drove them home,’ reported the local Hamilton Spectator.
‘But if anyone was panicking within RIM on the day the company announced its worst job losses since its creation in 1984, no one would admit it publicly. The troubled high-tech firm, which employs about 9,000 locally, has laid off people before – 200 last month and another 220 nine years ago – but it’s never faced a slashing like this,’ the daily said.
Job cuts at RIM would reach 3,000, according to Sameet Kanade of Northern Securities.
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