Monday, July 23, 2012

Layoff Watch 2012: Top firm to slash 1,300 jobs




Network equipment maker Cisco Systems said on Monday that it plans to cut about 1,300 jobs as part of ongoing efforts to restructure the company.

"We are performing a focused set of limited restructurings that will collectively impact approximately 2 percent of our global employee population," the company said in an emailed statement.  These actions are part of a continuous process to simplify the company and assess the economic environment in certain parts of the world, it said.

Cisco had 65,223 employees at the end of its fiscal third quarter, according to its website.  Cisco last year started a plan to cut expenses by $1 billion in an effort to make the company leaner and more efficient…
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/23/us-cisco-jobs-idUSBRE86M18L20120723

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