Last week Lou’s employer Delta Dental of California laid off 70 people at his location in Rancho Cordova. One of his co-workers was laid off and he had to help her carry her stuff to her car.
Lou said that when he got to work on Friday (the day of the layoffs) there was a memo in his email (like the one below) but he elected not to call me so that I wouldn’t panic.
I was working on Twitter for a client when BAM I saw a Tweet from News 10 announcing the Layoffs, gotta love technology! That is how I found out and of course I flipped out and called him in tears! I was so scared that something was going to happen BUT I know I need to think positive thoughts so I tried that and then called my mom to say a prayer!! I guess that the prayer worked because within an hour he knew that his position was safe.
Wheeewww.
Rancho Cordova Delta Dental Lays Off 70
by Michelle Ventress on January 30, 2009
in News
Seventy employees at the Delta Dental office in Rancho Cordova learned Friday morning that they will be laid off. Delta Dental has announced nation wide layoffs totaling 156 employees. According to company officials, the cuts, combined with a hiring freeze, amount to a 5 percent reduction of its workforce.
The company’s president, Gary D. Radine said, “We want to be ready in case this economic downturn hasn’t yet reached bottom, and make certain we are in good position to emerge more strongly once a recovery begins.” Delta Dental serves about 23 million people nationwide. The company has offices in California, Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Alabama, New York, Nevada, Utah and Texas.
