A spokesman for a computer chipmaking facility in Essex Junction, Vermont, says they have cut more jobs after offers for early retirement failed to reduce costs.
Jim Keller tells the Burlington Free Press (https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2017/05/16/globalfoundries-cuts-more-jobs-support-roles/325258001/ ) that the cuts at GlobalFoundries came from the finance and legal departments.
The company "came close" to meeting cost-cutting goals in April, but Keller says it needs to be more competitive in a global industry. He says fewer than a dozen jobs were cut.
GlobalFoundries took over IBM's chipmaking operations at Essex Junction in 2015. IBM, which had been losing money, paid the company $1.5 billion to take over the plant.
So far, the company has invested $72 million in the plant.
Keller says GlobalFoundries also cut jobs at its plant in East Fishkill, New York.
