Apple denied rumors of dismissal of 200 employees headphone manufacturer Beats Electronics after closing a $ 3 billion, writes Billboard Saturday citing a statement by the press secretary to a Californian company Tom Neumann.
"We are very pleased that the team has teamed up with Beats Apple, and we will offer work for each employee Beats, - said a spokesman for Apple. - Due to a certain intersection of our work, some jobs will be relevant only a limited period of time. But during this time we will try to find a job for everyone. "
Earlier this week edition of Bloomberg reported that Apple plans to lay off 40% of staff Beats.By reducing the alleged fall departments of personnel management, finance, and other areas where the two companies crossed functional employees. At the end of June, Apple has officially worked 41 300 people.
Apple announced the purchase of Beats at the end of May this year. $ 2.6 billion of this amount will be paid in cash and $ 400 million - shares Apple. Under the deal, the company's co-owners Jimmy and Ayovin famous rapper Dr. Dre goes to work in an American corporation. The deal was officially closed on August 1.
Earlier it was reported that Microsoft will lay off about 18,000 employees during 2015 in connection with the acquisition of mobile business Nokia (unit Devices & Services) for € 5,4 billion