AOL to Lay Off 1,300
Via AP:
NEW YORK — AOL is laying off about 1,300 employees, or 7 percent of its worldwide work force, and is closing its call center in Jacksonville, Florida. Other cuts will come from call centers in Ogden, Utah, and Tucson, Arizona.
No New York staff cuts reported, with nominal reductions in Albuquerque and Dulles, Virginia. The company is spinning it like this:
“The Internet world of 2006 is very different from the world of 1996 when AOL first established these member centers,” Graham said.
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