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Verizon Plans 1,661 Job Cuts at MCI Call Centers

A Reuters newswire article, via eWeek, reports that:

Verizon Communications 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.

posted by Fergie @ 4/28/2006 06:14:00 PM