Shell Energy Solutions, a retail electricity provider in Texas owned by the global oil major Shell, has informed the Texas Workforce Commission of its plans to lay off approximately 100 Houston employees by mid-December.
The 103 employees targeted in the layoffs work at or report to the company’s downtown Houston office, according to the so-called Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification notice filed recently by Shell Energy Solutions CEO David Black.
Shell’s electricity retailer is cutting down its workforce “to reduce operational expenditures and increase business efficiencies,” Black said in the filing.
A Shell spokesperson didn’t say how many employees would remain at Shell Energy Solutions after the planned Dec. 13 layoff. Positions affected by the layoffs include customer service employees, quality assurance engineers, directors leading various sales and marketing initiatives and numerous business analysts, according to the WARN notice.
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