Verizon plans 1,661 job cuts at MCI call centers (IA TX MO)

[UpInArms]

http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=bondsNews&storyID=2006-04-28T220901Z_01_N28315864_RTRIDST_0_TELECOMS-VERIZON-JOBS.XML

NEW YORK, April 28 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications (VZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) plans to cut 1,661 jobs in four U.S. customer call centers by June 30 as part of its plan to cut 7,000 jobs after its January purchase of MCI, a spokesman said on Friday.

Regional and long-distance telephone operator Verizon has about 250,000 employees. It said it expects to cut 7,000 jobs in the three years after the MCI deal as part of its effort to create more than $8 billion in savings.

The four affected call centers are in a suburb of Sioux City, Iowa; in Austin, Texas, in Springfield, Missouri and in Greenville, South Carolina, Verizon spokesman Bill Kula said.

He did not reveal the financial impact of the move but said the employees would receive six weeks to six months severance pay depending on how long they had worked at the company. He said none of the employees affected were union members.

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[WannaJumpMyScooter]

1. and 1800 new jobs in Punjab, Lahore

and Karachi

[OhioChick]

2. My thoughts exactly......

:grr:

[Orsino]

9. 800, probably. n/t

[UrbScotty]

3. Turning the corner...

:eyes:

[LiberalPartisan]

4. AT&T is expected to fire 10,000

when their buyout of BellSouth is completed, which should be November.

[judaspriestess]

5. Gee are they going to all of a sudden

have these jobs pop up in lets say India???

[Haole Girl]

6. 1,661 ? Why not make it 1666?

Strange, to just come up with a number so exact, isn't it?

[rodeodance]

7. non union employees are on the chopping bloc.

He said none of the employees affected were union members.

[HughBeaumont]

8. "Strong and getting Stronger"!!

That is, the stench of unbridled corporatist neoconomy bullshit.

Layoff notices after mass downsizing after plant move after offshoring headlines, but somehow this asshole's able to remain 150-200 jobs in the black every month and have a low unemployment rate. Can't tell me someone's not doctoring the results. Many areas in Northeast Ohio are starting to look like makeshift flea markets and ghost town wastelands. I'm sure I'm not alone in seeing this.

I'm sorry, but the only measure of how well your economy is doing should be how many good, full time liveable wage with benefit jobs you're able to create a month. Then let's see if he's at 200,000/mo. THEN let's see how low that unemployment rate would be. A job is not a job is not a job when it cannot feed, clothe or shelter you successfully or when you're one bad break or an unexpected illness away from financial ruin.