American Greetings cuts 175 jobs here, up to 100 more companywide

[AnOhioan]

Source: Cleveland Plain Dealer

American Greetings Corp. said Tuesday that it will cut about 175 jobs at its Brooklyn headquarters and another 100 jobs elsewhere as part of a companywide "cost reduction effort."

"The decision to eliminate positions has been very difficult, but is necessary to ensure we remain competitive, given the current business environment," Chief Executive Zev Weiss said in a written statement. "We are assisting those associates who have been impacted by these changes with severance and outplacement services."

The company declined to provide details about the kinds of jobs or departments that are being eliminated or reduced.

"It really was across the board," spokeswoman Patrice Sadd said, including manufacturing, distribution, sales, the Carlton retail division and Canadian operations.

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[OhioChick]

1. It'll soon be a ghost town here. n/t

[jimshoes]

2. One of those laid off employees came into my small

shop today after being laid off looking for employment. I couldn't help her as I'm barely staying afloat as it is.

[jaysunb]

3. I worked there as a teenager.

Nice company & owners. I hope they can salvage some of the jobs.

[WCGreen]

4. And yet there are hundred it not thousands of "Mansions" out her

in Westlake, Avon and Avon Lake...

Where do all of these people work...

[OhioChick]

5. I wonder that, myself. n/t