華爲計劃在美大規模裁員

Last month, Huawei reportedly separated the operations of its U.S. research and development facility—Futurewei Technologies—as it continued to react to the implications of its U.S. blacklisting.

上個月有報道稱華爲要剝離其美國研發機構Futurewei Technologies的業務，因爲該公司要繼續應對美國將其列入黑名單所造成的影響。

"Futurewei had banned Huawei employees from its offices, moved Futurewei employees to a new IT system and forbidden them from using the Huawei name or logo in communications," said the South China Morning Post.

《南華早報》報道：“Futurewei公司已阻止華爲員工進入其辦事處，將本公司員工都轉移到了新的IT系統，並禁止他們在通信中使用華爲的名稱和標誌”。

If the separation was intended to stave off more drastic action it hasn't worked.

如果此次業務分離是要避免出現更爲過激的行爲，那此舉並未奏效。

According to a Saturday (July 14) report in the Wall Street Journal, Huawei has now started to layoff staff in the U.S. R&D arm, as the company "continues to struggle with its American blacklisting." The division employs more than 850 people in Texas (the company's U.S. home state), Silicon Valley and Washington State.

據《華爾街日報》週六（7月14日）報道，華爲現已開始解僱美國研發機構的員工，因爲該公司要“繼續應對美國將其列入黑名單的做法”。該部門在德克薩斯州（該公司在美國的總部所在地）、硅谷和華盛頓州有員工超過850人。

Futurewei found itself on the frontline as its parent company battled the U.S. blacklisting that came into effect in May.

美國於五月份將Futurewei公司的母公司列入黑名單，Futurewei便成了此次交鋒的前沿陣地。

And while the latest developments have seen a softening of restrictions on the more generic side of Huawei—essentially consumer products, core links with American universities and research bodies remain contentious.

雖然最新的進展顯示針對華爲一般業務的限制有所減少，解禁的基本都是消費產品，但與美國大學以及研究機構之間的核心聯繫依然受限。

"The exact number of layoffs couldn't be determined," reported the WSJ, "but one of the [inside] people said they were expected to be in the hundreds. Some of Huawei’s Chinese employees in the U.S. were being given the option of returning home and staying with the company, another person said."

《華爾街日報》報道：“具體裁員人數尚未確定，但一位‘內部’人士透露預計要裁掉數百人。還有一人說華爲在美國的部分中國員工可以選擇回國並留在華爲。”