BY ASHLEY CARTER ORLANDO
ORLANDO, Fla. – Universal Orlando laid off an undisclosed number of employees on Tuesday despite reopening its theme parks just weeks ago.
The layoffs affect positions across multiple departments. Universal, however, would not say how many employees were let go or which departments were impacted.
“We have made the difficult decision to reduce our Parks & Resorts workforce across multiple locations and business units,” Universal Orlando spokesman Tom Schroder said in a statement to Spectrum News. “This decision was not made lightly, but was necessary to prepare us for the future.”
Universal said it will be supporting laid-off employees through severance pay, subsidized health benefits, and professional reemployment assistance.
“We are working to structure and strengthen our business for the future in anticipation of the tourism industry taking time to fully recover,” Schroder said…..More Here
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