UPMC announces layoffs across non-clinical and non-member-facing roles

CBS News— PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A healthcare giant in the region is laying off about 1% of its workforce. UPMC has confirmed to KDKA that they are laying off workers. The Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for UPMC said the layoffs are in response to post-pandemic challenges. Most of the layoffs are in non-clinical, non-member-facing roles. They also said they are closing open positions and getting rid of redundancies. UPMC is planning enhanced severance pay and benefits for anyone who is laid...

WTAE—UPMC announces layoffs. UPMC says the job cuts come as the Pittsburgh-based health system responds to "challenges in the still-evolving, post-pandemic marketplace."

TribLIVE.com—UPMC announces layoffs of at least 1,000 workers. Pittsburgh-based health care giant UPMC announced layoffs of at least 1,000 workers Wednesday afternoon, citing post-pandemic challenges. The reductions will impact a just over 1% of UPMC’s more than 100,000-member workforce systemwide, according to Paul Wood, vice president and chief communications officer. “The entire health care industry continues to face

Los Angeles Times—Byron Allen's Allen Media Group facing layoffs across all divisions of the company. Allen Media Group, the company owned by TV mogul Byron Allen, is set to undergo a significant round of layoffs that will affect all divisions of the business. "Allen Media Group is making strategic changes to better position the company for growth that will result in expense and workforce reductions across all divisions of the company," a spokesperson said Thursday in a statement to The Times. "Allen Media Group's brands continue to perform well and in many areas our revenue growth has greatly...