CVS to lay off 5,000 mostly corporate workers nationwide; RI impact unclear
WOONSOCKET — Woonsocket-based CVS Health announced Tuesday it plans to lay off 5,000 of its 300,000 employees nationwide. The layoffs will affect j...
WOONSOCKET — Woonsocket-based CVS Health announced Tuesday it plans to lay off 5,000 of its 300,000 employees nationwide. The layoffs will affect jobs mainly at its corporate facilities, and cuts at its stores, pharmacies, clinics and customer-service centers will not be in jobs that deal directly with customers, the company said in a news release. Although the company did not announce the target number for layoffs yesterday, an internal message to employees on Monday said it was 5,000. The health care giant declined to specify how the cuts will affect Rhode Island workers.