Mar 10 2009
Garmin lays off 141 employees in the U.S.
The Kansas City Star reported today that GPS manufacturer Garmin laid off 141 employees in its headquarter of Kansas City. Garmin has 2,510 employees in the Kansas City area and around 9,500 worldwide.
Employees are being laid off from Garmin’s human resources, marketing administration and operations divisions. Marketing administration includes product support employees. Operations includes warehouse, manufacturing and customer repair employees.
This is the first time Garmin is cutting full time jobs since the beginning of the economic downturn, even if the company said it reduced contract labor positions in its Taiwan manufacturing facilities last year.
