Pfizer Layoffs: Yes or No? -- Company Announces It Will Eliminate Almost 1,000 Jobs in France
Pfizer announced today that it will eliminate almost 1,000 jobs in France through layoffs or voluntary departures. Gerard Bouquet, vice-president of Pfizer France, announced that "This new organization will take effect from Dec. 1, 2009 and there will be no forced layoffs before that date.” The cuts will affect Pfizer’s sales force and at it Paris-based headquarters.
Today’s announcement comes just a few days after Rod MacKenzie, Pfizer’s worldwide head of discovery research told reporters “Given the complexity of the changes within research, I have concluded that we will not be able to provide that clarity [for the layoffs] or communicate them by the end of the year." While it appears that there may some confusion regarding American workers, this is clearly not the case for Pfizer’s European employees.
Until next time…
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I've had a hard time finding out whether the Pfizer layoffs actually were handed down yesterday, so I've put together a list of the facts we know thus far and included some insider info about how Pfizer's method of picking which scientists to lay off. There are some rumors about heavy layoffs later this month, but for now it looks like 800 researchers, 500 sales reps in Italy, and 1,000 sales reps in France.
Pfizer Layoffs 2009: New Details Emerge and Rumors Abound...
http://www.thedailyanchor.com/2009/01/14/pfizer-layoffs-2009-new-details-emerge-and-rumors-abound/