Equifax Inc. has laid off 190 workers as part of a reorganization effort, according to a company spokesman.
The positions – 90 within the U.S. and 100 in the company’s Latin America and United Kingdom operations – are being culled primarily from its consumer information services business, as well as support functions for these operations, according to Equifax spokesman Tim Klein. The layoffs have already been announced, and actual release dates are spread between early September and early October.
Klein noted that while the Atlanta-based information firm was losing positions in its underperforming consumer information operations, as well as combining positions in the interest of efficiency, it has been adding staff in growth areas, such as personal solutions.
While Klein did not have an exact figure on the number of new hires, he did say it would be comparable to the number of positions being cut. “It is not like we are eliminating 190 positions and adding a handful of positions in the growth areas,” Klein said.
Roughly 20 positions are being dropped from Equifax’s three Atlanta locations, with the other 70 domestic cuts scattered across the U.S. Eliminated positions are primarily at the manager or director levels, along with associated support staff, Klein said.
Equifax employed approximately 7,000 individuals as of Jan 1 of this year, and would employ around the same number once the complete cycle of hires and eliminations was finished, Klein said.
