AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT PHILLIPS (12/21/21)

DECEMBER 21, 2021 — GAINSVILLE, FLORIDA UPDATE — INVIVO POSITIONS OUTSOURCED TO PUNE, INDIA

Gainesville, Florida-based Invivo Diagnostic Imaging, a division of Phillips North America specializing in MRI devices used in medical diagnostic imaging, has announced a major reduction in its manufacturing workforce at its Gainesville Florida Facility.

The permanent layoffs will affect 530 employees and will be implemented in phases beginning with the first 330 employees on December 31, 2021, and the remaining 200 employees in February and March 2022.

The production and repair of the facility's magnetic resonance imaging coils are being outsourced to Phillip's expanded manufacturing facility in Pune, India. It appears that Invivo Gainesville will become the center of Philips’ magnetic resonance coil design and advanced development.

From a previous statement, “As part of Philips’ industrial footprint strategy to create fewer, bigger manufacturing sites per region, the company is closing some of its smaller manufacturing sites and focusing on research and design at those locations, while expanding its larger sites.

NOVEMBER 6, 2021 — 330 LAYOFFS IN GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA

The company has notified the State of Florida that it intends to lay off 330 workers by the end of March 31, 2022, with the first group of 49 layoffs in Gainesville, Florida scheduled for December 31, 2021. The layoffs appear to be mostly professional-level engineering employees.

APRIL 2, 2020 — Original post…

Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Phillips North America, one of the largest electronics companies now focusing on health technology, has announced that it will be laying off 20 employers in its Andover, Massachusets office. The layoffs are scheduled for May 2020.

According to a company spokesperson,"This action is based on a previously-announced transition of part of our patient monitoring and analytics operations in Andover, dating from September 2018. The positions were to be transferred to the company's operations in Reedsville Pennsylvania.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT LIFESPAN

Providence, Rhode Island-based Lifespan, a comprehensive operator of hospitals, medical clinics, laboratories, and other facilities has announced that its restructuring activities are proceeding according to plan to address a loss of $35 million in fiscal year 2019. Following 216 employees who have opted to accept early retirement, the company has decided to eliminate an additional 87 positions.

According to a company spokesperson, “Lifespan is “evaluating all aspects of our organization, identifying opportunities to become more efficient while continuing to prioritize our focus on patient care. Initial staff reduction efforts began at Lifespan corporate services this past week with the elimination of 87 positions. Fifty-five of those positions were filled, 24 were vacant and 8 corporate positions were eliminated as part of the early retirement. This represents approximately 5% of our corporate workforce. The early retirements are effective March 28. These restructuring efforts will continue systemwide throughout 2020 as we seek to find efficiencies and economies of scale while ensuring that care is protected at the bedside. We greatly value the contributions of all our staff and deeply regret the need for any job loss. We’re confident we have the right restructuring plan in place, and that by streamlining our operations, focusing on our core mission and our values, we’ll emerge strong and successful. The people of Lifespan do meaningful, life-changing work every day, and Rhode Island depends on us to continue to provide high quality, high-value health care. While our financial challenges began well before the COVID-19 virus outbreak, we are reminded by recent events of the unique, essential, and lifesaving role our doctors, nurses and all our health care providers play in caring for our community. Lifespan’s viability as an essential community asset requires financial stability to ensure we can continue as the state’s largest and most important health care system.”

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT VIDANT HEALTH

Greenville, North Carolina-based Vidant Health, an owner/operator of community hospitals and specialty medical clinics, has announced a major reduction in force which will impact 191 employees, with 82 being laid off at corporate headquarters,  75 layoffs will occur at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, North Carolina, and the remainder from other facilities.

The decision was specifically aimed at the remediation of an $18 million shortfall during Q1 of 2020.

According to CEO Dr. Michael Waldrum…

‘“Through Stand Up for ENC, I have continued to share the urgent need for support of rural health care due to the challenging environment we face, including decreasing reimbursements and the lack of Medicaid expansion. Despite our high volumes, these challenges have resulted in Vidant Health experiencing a budget shortfall during the first quarter of FY20.

In order to begin to recover from this shortfall, protect Vidant’s mission against ongoing challenges and ensure a stable future ·for health care in our region, we initiated a financial performance improvement process.

The first steps in this process were to reduce costs, implement operational efficiencies and discontinue recruitment and hiring for certain non-patient care positions. After these assessments, it was determined a workforce reduction was also necessary.

Today, we are announcing the difficult decision to implement a workforce reduction which includes separating 191 team members.

We will do what we need to do, to do what we’ve always done, which is to make sure the organization is healthy,"

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?