{"id":416375,"date":"2026-10-02T03:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T03:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416375\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T03:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T03:24:08","slug":"mass-layoffs-reported-at-two-orlando-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/416375\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass layoffs reported at two Orlando companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Two Orlando-area companies have reported plans to lay off a significant number of employees, according to documents obtained by News 6.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">In a message to local officials, pharmaceutical company AssistRX revealed that it will perform a mass layoff starting on Nov. 30 at its center located at 2400 Sand Lake Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">AssistRX Reductions<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Per the notice, AssistRX officials said that around 86 employees may be affected by the action, though the layoff could expand to include 137 other employees between Jan. 4, 2027, and May 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cWorkforce reductions are anticipated to begin on or about September 30, 2026,\u201d the message reads. \u201cThese separations are expected to be permanent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Officials also laid out which employees are expected to be impacted by the layoffs, including:<\/p>\n<p>1 call center director<\/p>\n<p>1 operations coordinator<\/p>\n<p>13 pharmacists<\/p>\n<p>57 pharmacy technicians<\/p>\n<p>3 CoAssist program managers<\/p>\n<p>1 pharmacy program trainer<\/p>\n<p>5 pharmacy technician supervisors<\/p>\n<p>5 warehouse operations assistants<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Hancock Whitney Reductions<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">In a letter to the Florida Department of Commerce, financial services company Hancock Whitney announced it is undergoing an organizational restructuring stemming from the acquisition and integration of One Florida Bank.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">As a result of this restructuring, company officials wrote that layoffs are set to run from Dec. 1 &#8211; 31.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">In all, 52 employees are expected to be let go from the location at 33 W. Pineloch Ave., officials warned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cNotices have been provided to affected associates, and the layoffs are expected to be permanent,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Two Orlando-area companies have reported plans to lay off a significant number of employees, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416376,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[558,28,2159,1335,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-416375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-business","tag-florida","tag-money","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}