BlackBerry may be back on track following a hefty restructuring process and several years of poor market performance.

According to an internal memo viewed by Reuters, the struggling Canadian phone maker may even begin adding new employees to its payroll soon.

"We have completed the restructuring notification process, and the workforce reduction that began three years ago is now behind us," the letter said, according to the news agency.

In the summer of 2011, still under the name Research In Motion, the company reported a decline in profits and product delays that would force a series of layoffsa process executives called "streamlining."

About 2,000 jobs, or 11 percent of BlackBerry's global workforce, were slashed in July 2011 as the Canadian smartphone maker came under pressure from the growing popularity of the iOS, Android, and even Windows mobile platforms.

The company didn't just hand pink slips to low-level employees during its restructuring process. In June 2013, BlackBerry's U.S. sales chief Richard Piasentin parted ways with the manufacturer, for example.

What seemed like a never-ending spiral of bad luck, which at one time seemed sure to force BlackBerry to either close down or sell itself off in parts, may have ended this month, at least according to CEO John Chen.

"[B]arring any unexpected downturns in the market, we will be adding headcount in certain areas such as product development, sales and customer service, beginning in modest numbers," Chen wrote in the internal memo to BlackBerry employees, according to Reuters.

A BlackBerry spokesman confirmed the existence of the memo and the accuracy of Reuters' excerpts, but declined to comment further or provide a copy of the note.

Chen took the reigns at BlackBerry in November, following the ousting of former CEO Thorsten Heins. Two months later, he announced a plan to move his company forward.

And while it may not be the direction Chen imagined when he stepped up to bat for BlackBerry, the phone maker has turned itself into a contender in the mobile security race. Just last month, the company acquired high-security voice and data encryption service Secusmart in an effort to demonstrate BlackBerry's commitment to international agencies.

The company has also updated its BBM messaging serviceavailable for download nowto add secure encryption features.

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