The Verge has reported that HTC’s Chief Product Officer, Kouji Kodera, has left the company last week. Kodera was responsible for HTC’s overall product strategy, handling the global launch of the One.

The Verge added that it was not just Kodera who left. In the past three-odd months, HTC has lost a number of employees in rapid succession, most recently Jason Gordon, the company’s vice president of global communications. Other fresh departures include global retail marketing manager Rebecca Rowland, director of digital marketing John Starkweather, and product strategy manager Eric Lin. Then there have been production issues and delays with the One and First.

But in reality how worried should we be? Well, if your HTC One works really well, then I personally would not be too worried. The hardware is still excellent and if HTC should kick the bucket, which I very much doubt, the clever people at XDA Developers will keep it running for many years. In fact, the custom rom development of the HTC One is very active with some splendid results.

And looking at the Verge reporting its way over the top. HTC is a large corporate and it looks like all the above is probably part of a corporate shuffle which is normal in the corporate world. Or a few people got new jobs or got squeezed out. Whatever it is, it’s not the end.