Sprint Nextel has laid off 68 employees at an Olathe facility after deciding to outsource its operations.
The closing is part of the layoff of 8,000 workers companywide that Sprint announced in January, said Melinda Tiemeyer, a company spokeswoman.
Sprint gave the Olathe employees the option of a severance package or seeking employment at Kansas City-based DST Output.
“Some took the severance, and some joined the new company, but we don’t have a specific breakout on that,” she said.
The Olathe operations still are running but are winding down, Tiemeyer added. The facility had been providing all of Sprint’s mailing services for paper items such as bills and checks.
The company recently filed a notice with the Kansas Department of Commerce indicating that it would close its print and mail service operations at 540 N. Rogers Road, said Shelly McDonald, adult services coordinator with the state agency.
According to the content of the letter sent to the department, Sprint said it would outsource those operations to DST’s Output Solutions unit.
Most of the employees were let go at the end of July and received severance benefits, McDonald said Thursday. The company indicated the layoff was permanent, and most of the jobs eliminated were described as mail operation specialists, she said.
Source: Kansas City
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