A new report has revealed that Oppo has recently been laying off staff. The information arrives after its merger with OnePlus, which might affect both firms including the joint software updates as the company even downsized its ColorOS team.
According to a Bloomberg report (Via 9To5Google), people close to the matter revealed that the Chinese smartphone maker had to cut its staff by 20 percent following its merger with OnePlus. Notably, the lay offs included the department team working on ColorOS software as well as other “device teams”. So while the merger was meant to streamline software updates by building OxygenOS on top of ColorOS, the downsizing might affect their original plans.
Although, it is unknown how exactly this would affect the company’s ColorOS development overall since the brand reportedly cut redundant positions. The Bloomberg report added that the company is currently struggling with chip shortages along with “economic shocks” caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, Oppo had moved to aggressively expand and even compete with Apple in the premium market segment, but this is what led to the creation of the the aforementioned redundant positions.
Apart from the ColorOS team, the brand had to cut staff in other departments as well. This includes its IoT (internet of things) division and some parts of smartwatches and earbuds teams. At the moment, the impacts of these lay offs have yet to be felt as the company has just released its first details of its ColorOS skin based on Android 12 operating system that will roll out in October 2021.
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