"Elop's first stop is the research and development facility in Tampere, the town that houses most of the MeeGo engineers—many of whom left early as a sign of protest on the day the Microsoft deal was announced. After apologizing for the effect layoffs will have on many—Nokia announced on Apr. 28 that it would lay off 4,000 people by the end of 2012 and transfer 3,000 to Accenture (ACN), which will handle Symbian updates for existing models—Elop implores the attendees to wait before meeting with recruiters from Apple or Google."
so he has already decided to lay off thousands of people but wants them to wait till he actually swings the axe and they end up jobless before meeting recruiters? Iow "I plan to fire most of you but please don't try to get another job till I get around to it"
Maybe I am just reading this wrong (corrections welcome) but this makes no sense to me.