Research in Motion are preparing to cut as many as 6,000 jobs according to unnamed sources. Such layoffs would see RIM’s global workforce reduced by between 12 and 36 percent.

According to the Globe and Mail a report showed that RIM are planning for "major global restructuring" while a source spoke to Reuters of layoffs affecting as many as 6,000 workers.

RIM, CEO Thorstein Heins, said in May “"We plan to streamline…operations to ensure sales, marketing and product management functions are all structured to support the most profitable business opportunities."