24 Hour Fitness Mid-tier gym chain 24 Hour Fitness kicked off the week with a Chapter 11 filing. CEO Tony Ueber explicitly blamed the temporary closures caused by Covid-19 in a statement Monday...The company permanently closed more than 100 gyms across the United States, resulting in an indeterminate number of layoffs. Likewise, the owner of New York Sports Club and a number of other gyms located predominantly on the East Coast revealed that it laid off much of its 7,000 person workforce because of temporary gym closures.... AT&T The telecom giant is closing 250 stores and cutting several thousand jobs, according to one of its unions. The Communications Workers of America says the job cuts will come to 3,400 technicians and clerical staff, as well as 1,300 additional workers at AT&T Mobility and Cricket Wireless stores... Hilton Hilton (HLT) Hotels said Tuesday it's laying off 2,100 employees, or roughly 22% of its corporate workforce.... HSBC The banking giant resumed plans to cut 35,000 jobs, or roughly 15% of its global workforce, HSBC's profit plunged 48% to $3.2 billion in the first quarter, compared to a year earlier, and it set aside billions of dollars to cover credit losses arising from the pandemic." |