Monday, January 26, 2009

Freescale to lay off another 60 Austin workers in March

From Austin Business Journal, January 26, 2009...

It appears that more local jobs are being cut as part of Freescale Semiconductor Inc.’s restructuring initiative.

The Austin-based chipmaker sent a letter to the Texas Workforce Commission earlier this month outlining 60 positions that will be eliminated in mid-March from the company’s facility at 6501 William Cannon Dr. The jobs range from design engineers to project managers.

In October, Freescale said it would cut at least 2,400 jobs, or 10 percent of its global work force, in an effort to trim costs. In November, the company notified the state that it was eliminating 138 jobs from facilities in Travis and Williamson counties in January.

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