This furniture company laid off 2,700 workers via text message days before Thanksgiving
A Mississippi-based furniture company, United Furniture Industries, became a bad Samaritan to its employees just before Thanksgiving.
The company fired nearly 2,700 employees via text and emails.
The company's employees, spread across North Carolina, Mississippi and California, were unemployed before Thanksgiving.
"At the direction of the Board of Directors, we regret to inform you that due to unforeseen business circumstances, the Company has been forced to make the difficult decision to terminate the employment of all of its employees, effective immediately, November 21," the message read, as quoted by the New York Post.
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“With the exception of truck drivers who are on delivery. Your dismissal from the company should be permanent and all benefits will terminate immediately without provision of COBRA,” the post added.
Earlier this year, the company fired its chief executive, chief financial officer and executive vice president of sales.
"It's not fair for the workers who have worked so hard to be caught off guard like this. It's not fair for the mother who just had a baby to wonder if she even has health insurance to cover it. It's not fair to the cancer patient in the middle of chemo to know how to pay for her treatments," one of the laid-off employees told the Post. p>
United Furniture Industries is now facing a class action lawsuit for failing to notify workers of the formal layoffs, it remains unclear what led to the sudden stage of mass layoffs and cessation of activities.
Photo: Courtesy of shutterstock.com
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A Mississippi-based furniture company, United Furniture Industries, became a bad Samaritan to its employees just before Thanksgiving.
The company fired nearly 2,700 employees via text and emails.
The company's employees, spread across North Carolina, Mississippi and California, were unemployed before Thanksgiving.
"At the direction of the Board of Directors, we regret to inform you that due to unforeseen business circumstances, the Company has been forced to make the difficult decision to terminate the employment of all of its employees, effective immediately, November 21," the message read, as quoted by the New York Post.
Also read: Mark Zuckerberg blamed for his excessive optimism as Meta to lay off 13% of his staff
“With the exception of truck drivers who are on delivery. Your dismissal from the company should be permanent and all benefits will terminate immediately without provision of COBRA,” the post added.
Earlier this year, the company fired its chief executive, chief financial officer and executive vice president of sales.
"It's not fair for the workers who have worked so hard to be caught off guard like this. It's not fair for the mother who just had a baby to wonder if she even has health insurance to cover it. It's not fair to the cancer patient in the middle of chemo to know how to pay for her treatments," one of the laid-off employees told the Post. p>
United Furniture Industries is now facing a class action lawsuit for failing to notify workers of the formal layoffs, it remains unclear what led to the sudden stage of mass layoffs and cessation of activities.
Photo: Courtesy of shutterstock.com
© 2022 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
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