Xerox Corp. on Wednesday is laying off workers at its Wilsonville campus as part of a previously announced corporate restructuring.
Erin Isselmann, a spokeswoman in Wilsonville for the Norwalk, Conn.-based company (NYSE: XRX), declined to say the exact number of layoffs, though she said the job cuts are companywide and small “relative to our 140,000 global employees.”
Xerox reported paying $66 million in severance costs in the fourth quarter to 1,000 employees and said it expected continued restructuring in the first quarter.
The cuts coming down Wednesday will eliminate some positions in product research and engineering, Isselman said.
Xerox employs 1,284 in Wilsonville where, among other things, it develops solid ink printer technology.
Xerox spokesman Bill McKee said the company continues to transition into a services-based business.
Xerox’s services offerings and accounts represented more than half of the company’s $22.6 billion in annual revenue last year.
“It’s a fact that the nature of our work force will change because of that,” he said. “The company will continue to have a need for engineering talent, but the makeup of the organization is definitely making a shift towards service-based employees.”
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