I do not know if I would say the layoffs is due to Sweden's economy. It is more like that Ericsson is competing with Huawei, a Chinese company that is backed up by the Chinese government. This allows Huawei to outbid Ericsson in such fashion that they are reducing the overall profit for all players in the telecom market.
Well, some days I feel like I am sitting secure in my job and that I will not be affected by the layoffs. Then again, some days I feel like the top managers are looking for any excuse to remove us "costly" and hard-budged Swedes and replace us either with cheap Indians or more costly americans which can be kicked out at a whim.
Well, enough of that. I hope you had a good party. You should need to listen to my gloomy doomsday theories here. :)
God natt / god morgon