4/03/2012 06:18:00 PM
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It appears that things are going bad for the Symbian platform and, indirectly, for its users. Although Nokia outsourced some of its employees that were directly involved in Symbian development and support to a third party company, it looks like support for the platform is close to being shut.
Those who are not familiar with the matter should know that Nokia decided to drop Symbian and MeeGo platforms over Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system.
However, the Finnish company promised its fans that it would continue to offer software updates and dedicated support for Symbian platform at least until 2016.
This is why Nokia decided to transfer 1,200 employees from China, India, the United Kingdom, Finland and the United States to a well-known company called Accenture.
Well, it appears that it didn’t take too long for Accenture to almost pull the plug on Symbian support. Although the company is keeping it low profile, the folks over at Yle got word that no less than 40% of the Nokia employees that were transferred last year accepted to sign leaving agreements.
This means that around 400 Symbian developers have sought the pay-offs, which leaves Accenture with only 800 devs who are to continue to deliver Symbian updates and dedicated support.
The reason behind their decision is unexpected to say the least. It appears that they were offered less work than promised.
Yle also claims that the compensations included severance packages worth up to 15 months’ pay, but not everyone that left Accenture by its own will benefited from these packages.
It appears that the pay-off conditions require ex-employees to return the money if they find another job sometime during this year. This is why many Symbian devs employed by Accenture decided to leave the company without the pay-off.
Accenture has yet to issue any official statement, but the company explained in an email that this lay-off project is voluntary. Stay tuned for more updates on the matter.
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