US consumer goods and pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it would cut around 8,000 jobs in a bid to trim costs in the wake of the recession.
US consumer goods and pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday it would cut around 8,000 jobs in a bid to trim costs in the wake of the recession.
The lay-offs amount to some six per cent to seven per cent of the company's employees.
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They are designed to save some $1.7 billion by 2011, the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based company said. One-time costs of up to $1.3 billion will fall in the current quarter.
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