200 Employees Impacted

2 plants in Neenah confirmed . 600 Employees impacted

Today they announced to the Fullerton mill personnel that it’s 1 of the 10 manufacturing facilities to close per the global restructuring program.

Heard there are 8 empty bays at KCNA BCC mills. 3 Beech, 2 Ogden and 5 in Paris. Anyone thinks they might merge AFC and BCC again? Dismantle an AFC mill and send machines to the BCC mills? Thoughts?

It was announced to some EMEA employees from EMEA leadership that 5 United States mills will shut down. Anyone knows or has an idea which mills will those be?

OK folks we all know what it boils down to - CORPERATE GREED!

We must not take this as a grain of salt, it's factual and real - it's well documented and will shatter thousands of careers, impact family life, etc.... Before there were rumors, and Bam! Look what happened, this Holy restructuring came into play... — read more 

Kimberly-Clark is literally using tax break to finance layoffs. And nobody cares!!! Is our country really so screwed up that a CFO of a major corporation can openly say that tax break meant to create jobs will be used to lay off more than 5,000... — read more 

Too offer $1 dividend to stock holders for each share of stock. How many shares does Tom Falk have? Yearly pay $7.4 million dollars of stock plus $2.1million is stock options. Not that $75,600 does much but the stock going up also pads the pockets.

Since very few of us can be certain we'll have a job by the end of this year, I thought this article could help prepare better for what's to come. If you think your job is at risk or have recently been laid off, “the first thing you need to do is... — read more 

I'm wondering if Kimberly-Clark will use the 2018 layoffs as an excuse to get rid of more of us old-timers... The management has certainly been doing its best to make our lives miserable in hopes we would leave on our own... I really wish age... — read more 

I guess 2018 is a slow year because for some reason these Kimberly-Clark layoffs are really gaining traction in media coverage. I'm saying for some reason because I've been checking out other boards here and the biggest complaint from people seems to... — read more 

These cuts were coming regardless of the tax breaks KC just received from the Trump tax plan. KC was divested in several other businesses away from it's core which have not sustained profitability. Even the core products have been not sustaining... — read more 

This is just a beginning, guys. I would bare all the anxiousness that I'm feeling right know if I knew that things will become better after this layoffs (even if my job goes under the bus). But with this management, completely vision blind and... — read more 

I think that most will be out of KCNA - at this point NA is facing at least 200 layoffs. It's a rough day for all of us. Remember, no matter what future brings be positive, good to others and God will take care of you. God bless!

I have compiled a list with 15 articles.... US News As US Birthrates Drop, Kimberly-Clark Feels the Pinch https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/texas/articles/2018-01-23/kimberly-clark-plans-to-cut-5-000-to-5-500-jobs The Globe and Mail (Canada)... — read more 

No word on how this will impact Arkansas, Conway and Maumelle and the sales office... The Dallas-based paper products conglomerate has manufacturing plants in Conway and Maumelle and a sales office in Northwest Arkansas, but offered no details... — read more 

To be honest, I don't think there is anybody else to blame but us, but since some people need an outside "bad guy" in a situation like this, this article gives them one... — read more 

Earnings went up, sales went up - peachy. Yet, cost savings target of $1.5B from 2018 to 2021 - let's continue the FORCE program (Focused On Reducing Costs Everywhere) and let's up the Global Restructuring Program to trim the supply chain and overall... — read more 

Anybody knows how many of the announced layoffs will be in the US? Kimberly-Clark is a big company, and I'm thinking that laying off those in countries with better benefits that cost more will be the way they'll go. I still might be wrong, because at... — read more 

It’s safe to say that leadership at the executive level is only concerned with short term results instead of focusing on a long term strategy. At the moment their strategy is so disconnected from current industry needs that employees are taking the... — read more 

I'm seriously wondering if there is one Kimberly-Clark employee who is sitting at home or work right now and thinking "wow, this is a surprise." Everybody knew something like this was coming. This company has been off the rails for years now. We have... — read more 

So much for no layoffs and so much for 'respecting the individual' and the worker. Now, it's official and for all of us that were on this forum before and warning about this, it's not a surprise. I can tell you that 5K was a bit more than I expected... — read more 

Last year all was good, now all of the sudden, people are complaining and there are rumors about layoffs here in Irving.

Thought KC had tried out sourcing some IT a few years ago and then brought back in house (.i.e. SAP Basis, etc.) Heard they will be laying off ~1,200 world wide starting this year. 200 in IT (~20% of IT). IT will be at end of this year or start of... — read more 

Rumor - So, I heard... I can tell you probably 10 different things here but here is the summary. Kimberly Clark spends a lot on IT, we will be looking into ways how to streamline this and cut costs. We will be doing into outsourcing additional pieces... — read more 

Anybody has more info about the planned reorg and layoffs

hc is doing bad, 2014 will be a year of layoffs

We are downsizing and everyone knows that - why do we not have any posts here?

what are severance packages like at kimberly clark

7/22 Via Dallas Business Journal: A spokesman for Huggies and tissue-maker Kimberly-Clark Corp. confirmed Monday that layoffs will begin this week in North America as part of a previously announced staffing reduction in which 1,600 salaried positions... — read more