Hanger layoffs/responses

Hanger layoffs/responses

Forest R Sexton CPO

I recently put a post online reguarding recent Hanger layoffs. There were
basically three catagories of responses.
 1) verification from different areas accross the country
 2) several responses from within Hanger requesting that I not pass on the
info provided by them
 3) Many people sending job offers for those out of work (not included)
 4) the official Hanger line, which had two parts.
    a)Yes we are restructureing
    b) Anybody we deemed qualified was offered a new possition elsewhere.
 I have included the Hanger responses. The first one is reguarding the
layoffs in general. The second one is a response to a post reguarding the
layoffs in Oregon specifically. It should be noted that as far as I know
there have been at least 6 practitioners layed off or fired and only 1 has
been offered a transfer.

I can assure you that there is not a wholesale lay off of Hanger employees.
We have almost 1000 certifies nation wide. All business routinely evaluate
the performance of there business (offices). There are times the amount of
business done does not correlate with the number of people there. In most
cases we offer transfers. We always have opening somewhere. We care a great
deal for our employees, we are all part of a family.

John McNeill, CPO
Hanger Orthopedic Group
Vice President Industry Relations



James,

Any person in Oregon who was qualified and interested in relocation, was
relocated.

Best Regards,

Sharon King
Recruitment Manager
Hanger Prosthetics & Orthotics, Inc.
800.303.4969
FAX 800.288.5702


I was speaking to a friend of mine in Oregon around Christmas and he told be
he was losing his job because of downsizing. Hangers stock has dropped
significantly.

Mark Delmar CO

Forrest:

This kind of thing is happening in a lot of industries right now. Singling
out Hanger (I am not a Hanger friend or foe) is unfair when they are
struggling to remain profitable as we all are. The economy is not as great
as we have been led to believe.

Bob Brown, Sr., CPO, FAAOP

Hi Forest,

I can't fill you in on what's happening nationwide but there were layoffs in
PA. I can only tell you what I was told. They said they have other offices
in the area.

Regards,
Donna


heard of lay-offs in Kansas

It's happening in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, effecting mostly the former
Ted Thranhart group,
Hanger Southeast and converted Novacare offices.

Bob