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Tech company employs 65 people here; number of layoffs yet to be decided
Ciena Corp., a Maryland-based global supplier of telecommunications networking equipment, software, and services, plans to close its Spokane Valley office this fall.
Jamie Moody, a Hanover, Md.-based spokeswoman for Ciena, says the decision to close its operations at 12730 Mirabeau Parkway by the end of October is a cost-saving measure.
"This decision was about driving our long-term engineering efficiency," says Moody. We'll be consolidating the work at that location, which will hopefully result in cost savings for the company."
Moody says the company doesn't yet know how many of Ciena's 65 Spokane Valley employees will lose their jobs as a result of the consolidation, although she did say Ciena plans to allow some of them to continue working remotely.
"Some employees...