Safe Auto Insurance cuts 47 jobs from its call centers
Safe Auto Insurance Co. is cutting dozens of employees, largely from its calls centers, as it trims costs to adjust to weaker sales and changing customer habits. The Columbus-based insurer, one of Central Ohio’s largest family-owned businesses, said in a statement that it recently eliminated 47 jobs from offices in Columbus and Woodsfield, Ohio; Hemingway, More...
Fazakerley hospital to cut 300 jobs in voluntary severance scheme
A MERSEYSIDE hospital is cutting 300 jobs as part of a redundancy scheme. Fazakerley hospital sent letters to staff offering them a package to leave the NHS trust. Bosses said 300 posts was a “projection” which may change as people came forward. They also said the scheme was completely voluntary. About 5,000 staff are employed More...
Toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker to close Tennessee distribution center, cut 80 jobs
Toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker Inc. will close its distribution center in Jackson, eliminating about 80 jobs. Company spokesman Tim Perra said in a news release the center will be shut down by April 1, prompted by decreased demand. The earliest layoffs will come in October. The company is based in New Britain, Conn. The More...
United Technologies to cut 1500 jobs
United Technologies will cut another 1,500 this year and next on top of the 900 positions it has already eliminated in 2010. The industrial conglomerate last week posted almost a 14 percent increase in second-quarter net income, citing a “relentless focus on cost.” It cut deeply into its payroll during the worst of the recession, More...
Lynnwood cops face 23 job cuts
It was a hastily organized meeting held last week between Police Chief Steve Jensen and leaders of the city’s two police unions to go over the latest citywide budget projections for 2011-12. In short, there’s a projected gap of about $9 million between the amount of money the police department needs and what’s expected to More...
Lockheed plans to cut 90 jobs at Orlando missiles unit
In its first layoffs in a decade, Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Orlando missiles unit said Wednesday it plans to shed 90 jobs in a belt-tightening move that comes amid the Pentagon’s stepped-up pressure on defense contractors to cut costs. Lockheed said the job cuts affect defense-technology engineers in Orlando and at other sites across the country More...