Mercoledì, a poche ore dalle ottimistiche dichiarazioni di Barack Obama per il quale la crisi in America è finita e, a suo avviso, ora "si volta pagina", due colossi come il sito d’aste online ebay e l’American Express hanno comunicato l’intenzione di effettuare licenziamenti in massa a breve termine.
Per eBay saranno 2'400 le persone che perderanno il posto di lavoro, pari al 7% del totale degli effettivi. Gli impieghi saranno cancellati entro il primo trimestre di quest’anno e intanto i vertici del colosso statunitense hanno confermato l’intenzione di separare ebay dalla sua filiale per i pagamenti PayPal, che diverrà indipendente.
Dal canto suo, una delle compagnie di carte di credito più famose come American Express ha comunicato in serata la volontà di sopprimere almeno 4'000 posti per ridurre i costi. I licenziamenti saranno attuati durante l’anno e per versare le indennità ai dipendenti congedati l’azienda ha previsto una spesa di 313 milioni di dollari.
Red. MM/Reuters/AFP/EnCa
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