Thursday, February 23, 2006

Report: Sprint-Nextel to Axe 2,500 Jobs

Kelly Hill writes on RCR Wireless News:

Sprint Nextel Corp. will reduce its work force by a net 4 percent in 2006, or about 2,500 people, company officials told the Kansas City Business Journal.

Sprint Nextel Corp. officials could not immediately be reached for comment.

According to the Business Journal, the move to cut 4,500 jobs across all departments while adding 2,000 new jobs in areas such as Voice over IP services was due to the company’s need to rein in costs following Sprint’s merger with Nextel Communications Inc. An unspecified percentage of the job cuts will come from attrition, and company officials indicated that further job cuts are possible as the company rationalizes its post-merger operating costs.

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