{"id":8834,"date":"2021-09-16T20:39:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T18:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2021\/09\/16\/oppo-cuts-20-of-its-staff-after-oneplus-merger\/"},"modified":"2021-09-16T22:06:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T20:06:28","slug":"oppo-cuts-20-of-its-staff-after-oneplus-merger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2021\/09\/16\/oppo-cuts-20-of-its-staff-after-oneplus-merger\/","title":{"rendered":"Oppo Cuts 20% Of Its Staff After OnePlus Merger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Chinese phone OEMs Oppo and OnePlus combined forces after years of close collaboration. This merger was mostly to help OnePlus by giving it access to more resources and personnel. Now, according to Bloomberg, the merger resulted in Oppo having to cut 20% of its staff members.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nOppo says the cut in staff is a result of redundant roles<br \/>\nOne goal of the merger was to combine OxygenOS and ColorOS into one Android skin. This was to help OnePlus deliver faster software updates. We\u2019re still waiting to see the results of this, but in the meantime, a lot of former Oppo employees are seeing different results from the merger.<br \/>\nBringing these two companies meant that there were going to be more people than necessary for certain jobs. This resulted in many employees getting let go. 20% of the company\u2019s staff is nothing to sneeze at, and Oppo hasn\u2019t stated if there will be any additional cuts.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe cuts affected only certain departments<br \/>\nOppo didn\u2019t cut staff members at random; rather, the company lightened certain divisions. A part of the merger dealt with software, and the cuts affected the company\u2019s software division. This makes sense, as it wouldn\u2019t take full two teams to work on one Android skin.<br \/>\nThe other affected department is an IoT (Internet of Things) department. This division deals with wearable tech like smartwatches and earbuds.<br \/>\nNeither company has really made a splash in the smartwatch market, especially with the OnePlus Watch\u2019s poor launch. The decision to cut the wearables department may seem strange, as most people would expect those departments to require more employees.<\/p>\n<p>Only Oppo cut its staff members, it seems<br \/>\nFor the time being, it looks like only Oppo employees were given the axe and not OnePlus employees. Either OnePlus didn\u2019t come out to say if any of their employees were let go, or Oppo simply decided to cut its own employees.<br \/>\nA likely reason for the Oppo-specific cuts might be the company\u2019s current state. The company was stretched rather in recent years, according to Tarun Pathak, research director at Counterpoint. Oppo has put a lot of money into hiring employees and expanding into different markets. This could mean that it was more practical to cut employees on Oppo\u2019s side.<br \/>\nWe also can\u2019t rule out the companies\u2019 parent company, BBK Electronics; parent companies usually make the budget and staff cut decisions. BBK Electronics may have given the order to cut the staff. Hopefully, Oppo and the cut staff members will be able to land on their feet.<br \/>\nThe post Oppo Cuts 20% Of Its Staff After OnePlus Merger appeared first on Android Headlines.&#013;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AH-OPPO-new-logo-2.jpg\" width=\"1918\" height=\"1079\">&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Chinese phone OEMs Oppo and OnePlus combined forces after years of close collaboration. 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