Procter and Gamble Job Losses in Albany

Proctor and Gamble is asking 300 employees in Southwest Georgia to retire early from their paper products plant in Albany.
This is the second major economic setback in Albany this year. Back in March, Cooper Tire announced it was shutting down its plant there. By the end of the year, 14-hundred people will have lost their jobs.
Now one of the city's other largest employers, Proctor and Gamble, says it's cutting 300 employees through what the company is calling, "voluntary separations."
Employees will be offered a severance package according to Vince Falcione with Proctor and Gamble.

"It will include severance pay. It will include an extension of employee benefits. It will also include career counseling and assistance."

The Georgia Department of Labor stresses that voluntary separations are different from layoffs, and because of that unemployment benefits are determined on a case-by-case basis.

Proctor and Gamble adds jobs in Albany

Proctor and Gamble is set to add jobs in southwest Georgia. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports the company is adding 34 jobs to its Albany facility. The move includes expanding the plant, which makes Bounty towels, Charmin bathroom tissue, and ThermaCare heat wraps. Right now 1,200 people work there.