OK - now this is demoralizing - the layoffs will take over 24 months - does that mean that we have to wait that long to learn who will leave and who will stay? This will be very bad for employee morale as people will lose motivation to work completely - "Monsanto has also announced plans to cut costs globally to “transform and innovate the way the company operates.” Actions, in part, include streamlining and reprioritizing some commercial and R&D efforts, including exiting the sugarcane business. The plans also include the “expected separation” of approximately 2,600 employees over the next 18–24 months. The company is developing further plans to reduce its operating spending by an additional $100 million, which would bring the total annual expected savings to potentially $400 million." http://www.chemweek.com/home/top_of_the_news/Monsanto-misses-estimates-plans-layoffs-and-sugarcane-exit_74219.html
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Saw this story on Facebook - I left a while ago. Good luck to all that will stay - I was not expecting that Monsanto will be laying off people but given the dive in stock price starting at the beginning of 2015 I kind of expected that they will move quickly. I thought they will announce layoffs in January 2016, but this was a bit quicker - October 2015