Toshiba expected to cut 3,900 jobs

Electronics giant Toshiba said that it would be posting deep losses as reports suggested the company would cut as many as 3,900 employees.

The company said that it would be revising its annual forecast to post a loss of roughly 350bn Yen. Among the factors cited for the revision was a change in tax charges which the company estimated at 85bn Yen.

The bad news for Toshiba was first forecast in January when the company posted a loss of 158bn Yen and forecast a yearly loss of 280bn Yen.

Despite the overall worsening of the report, Toshiba noted that its television and memory device divisions were performing better than the company first forecast in January.

The good news, however, may be very short lived for Toshiba, According to reports from both the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, the company would be cutting some 3,900 jobs.

The cuts are reportedly going to occur in Japan amongst temporary employees.

Toshiba's are the latest in a massive wave of cuts which have been hitting the IT industry over the last six months. Company's ranging from Yahoo to IBM, Microsoft and AMD have all had to cut jobs amidst the ongoing economic crisis.