Truck brokerage giant C.H. Robinson Worldwide laid off around 80 members of its remaining 150 sales representatives in the U.S. on Thursday, according to sources familiar with the cuts.
The source said the sales division of the publicly traded brokerage has slashed U.S. sales jobs by around 89% over the past six years as it turned its focus from its people to embracing technology.
“We once had about 650 sales reps in the U.S. divisions, but that number dropped as C.H. Robinson’s focus switched from training and retaining talented people to its focus on technology,” the source, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, told FreightWaves.
He estimates the current number of sales reps as around 70 nationwide after Thursday’s job cuts.
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