john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) (01/06/90)
Now that the PUC has ruled that Pac*Bell can keep its "excess"
profits, the Chronicle reported today that Pacific Telesis will reduce
its workforce by 11,000 over the next five years. This amounts to 16%
of the total employees. This will be done by offering early retirement
or "exit" packages and by not replacing those who quit. They did not,
however, rule out the possiblity of layoffs. Company officials
insisted that the job cuts will be accomplished without any decline in
the quality of telephone service. [I'll leave that one alone!]
This amounts to the deepest personel cut by any of the RBOCs.
Gee--who is going to keep all that crossbar running?
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