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Thursday, October 19, 2017

SeaWorld cuts 350 positions across company

SeaWorld, which has struggled with declining attendance, announced it is cutting 350 positions effective today, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.

The company is laying off people and not refilling open positions across the company, although the cuts primarily affect its corporate headquarters and the parks in Orlando and San Diego, said Aimee Jeansonne-Becka.

Jeansonne-Becka said the cuts mostly affect administrative positions and jobs that do not deal directly with the public. The company tried to eliminate redundant jobs, such as two marketing teams that handle the same event at two different parks.

She stressed the company is still dedicated to its animal rescue and rehabilitation, which was not impacted.

SeaWorld executives had previously said their goal was to reach $40 million in net savings through 2018.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Snowflakes have ruined sea world

Anonymous said...

10:15 right, we should let them cage up an animal with more activity in brain regions devoted to empathy than human beings. Certainly more activity than you :)

Anonymous said...

Raise prices fire people to pay the executives pay Ck.

Anonymous said...

This sounds very fishy to me.