Nearly 800 Tucson Jobs Cut In Mass Layoff: Reports

TUCSON, AZ — Nearly 800 employees of the Concentrix Corp. call center in Tucson are going to lose their jobs, according to reports. The mass layoff comes months after Concentrix's October purchase of Convergys, who previously ran the center.

A Concentrix letter to employees, as obtained by KOLD, says their employment will be terminated on April 30, 2019. The company "intends to close the client program of which you work that is located in the Tucson facility at 3760 N. Commerce Dr.," the letter says.

The Arizona Daily Star reported Concentrix plans to keep over 100 employees at work in the Tucson location.

The Tucson Sentinel reported Convergys used to employ about 1,500 people in Tucson, and was bought out by Concentrix for $2.4 billion.

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Concentrix's decision to close the facility comes alongside an expansion of the company's Tempe office of about 1,500 jobs, according to the Sentinel.

See the letter here at KOLD.