The job(www.Pfizer.com) is announcing their plans to reduce their workforce. They plan to make their announcement with the opening of the New York Stock exchange. They will hold meetings at their various sites in Ireland at 1:30pm today. With the takeover of Wyeth (www.wyeth.com) last year, there is definitely an over lap in staffing, and this is what is going to be addressed today. Pfizer / Wyeth employs 5,000 people in Ireland, with sites in Dublin, Cork , Kildare, Limerick Sligo at 11 different locations. Internal rum ours expect that 800 jobs could go, but they expect it to be on a voluntary basis.
