In a related statement, the company said: " We were very excited when Beats' team joined Apple, and we had job offers sent to every Beats employee. However, because of the duplicates in activity, some offers are only for a short period of time and we are trying our best to find these Beats employees a more stable position within Apple . "
The Wall Street Journal's source said that this cut is only weak in Beats' human resources, finance and support.