New Y&R President Cuts Jobs as Spending Drops

Only 30 days into his reign as president of Young & Rubicam here, Don Williams laid off 15 workers and eliminated five open positions in anticipation of further cutbacks in client spending.

Six employees were let go in May at the shop. Some of those laid off this time around were offered jobs within the WPP Group, Wil liams said. In total, the cuts have reduced the staff by about 16 percent.

The layoffs were agencywide, although, as part of an ongoing realignment, Williams eliminated the shop’s project management group.

Last month, Williams became the fourth president in five years at Y&R’s Dearborn, Mich.,