Major U.S. company laid off almost entire workforce via text
In the days before Thanksgiving, United Furniture Industries laid off nearly its entire workforce. Approximately 2,700 workers lost their jobs on Monday, according to the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Workers at the company, one of the nation’s largest furniture companies, received an email and text message late Monday night instructing them not to report to work the following day. A follow-up email from United Furniture Industries said the layoff is “expected to be permanent, and …