AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT QUEST DIAGNOSTICS (06/30/24)

JUNE 30, 2024 — 121 EMPLOYEES IN PENNSYLVANIA

The company has announced 121 layoffs at its West Norriton, Pennsylvania facility, which will start on August 26, 2024, and be completed by the end of 2024. Operations will be transferred to a company facility in Lenexa, Kansas.

JUNE 7, 2021 — Original Post

Secaucus, New Jersey-based Quest Diagnostics, an owner-operator of free-standing and in-hospital clinical laboratories, has announced the consolidation of its Horsham, Pennsylvania facility with its nearby (22 miles) facility in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

The consolidation will impact 154 employees, including 99 clinical laboratory workers, 42 specimen management workers, 9 anatomic pathology workers, 3 quality assurance workers and a materials manager. Layoffs are scheduled to commence on July 16, 2021.

Change is coming. There will always be a tomorrow, no matter how much you may try to ignore it. There are no guarantees in life or promises for a bright future. Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. No one is guaranteed to wake up tomorrow and still have a job by evening. Are you now wondering, Am I Next?

AM I NEXT? NO LOVE AT BOYCE & BYNUM LABORATORIES

Am I Next? Mass Layoff on Quest Acquisition of Boyce & Bynum.

Columbia, Missouri-based Boyce & Bynum Pathology Laboratories has sold their thirteen laboratory clinic operations to Secaucus, New Jersey-based Quest Diagnostics, a multinational operator of clinical laboratories. The acquisition will result in the layoff of approximately 177 employees in the first quarter of 2019. The sale will not affect the company's pathology division or long-term care division.

According to a company spokesperson, the decision was driven by market conditions with the spokesperson noting, "We did not make these decisions lightly, and only did so after reviewing our options in a challenging healthcare landscape. We realize that any job reduction is painful for families and the community."

Quest continues to snap-up small independent blood draw and testing operations that cannot successfully compete against hospital-based testing operations and the largest clinical laboratories.

Just because something bad hasn't happened yet, doesn't mean it won't. It can happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere ... are you now wondering, Am I Next?