TASS will carry out mass layoffs and cut salaries

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A quarter of TASS employees will be fired. The rest will receive a 20 percent pay cut. Everyone will receive less, including managers. Reductions of staff are planned for January-February.

“Reductions in TASS will amount to 25% of the state. Reductions will take place in January-February, the number of reduced employees for each department is individual, ”TASS said.

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• On January 14, it became known that TASS would cut its staff by 10 percent. The agency acknowledged that cuts were planned, but did not give exact numbers.
• According to Slon , at the beginning of 2014, TASS was going to increase the number of employees, hoping to receive additional funding.
• The cuts in salaries for individual employees were announced on Ekho Moskvy.