1/25/2017, Murphy USA [MUSA - NYSE] laid of 4 departments top management to bottom tier positions. After months of not hitting their number, bleeding cash on a complete building restoration, the first of the 2017 layoffs have begun. Among customer care and call center operations, information IT and accounting, and treasury. Employees of the community vested "El Dorado Promise", also laid off. Watch for more as earnings calls forth coming in next 3 days to see just how investors react to previous and current missed earnings quarters, while other competitive unburden post gains. Additionally stake holding management are electing to relocate to Dallas TX, from the companies birthplace and once vested interests to the El Dorado community.
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Building remodel? Wasn't that announced to be completed by end of second quarter 2016? I've not had any contact with MUSA since WalMart severed relationships. Too bad.....