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Companies in Albuquerque and Las Cruces to cut a combined 225 workers, documents show
An aerial view of part of Sandia National Laboratories’ main campus in Albuquerque. Sandia’s contract with Virginia-based tech firm ECS Federal will expire at the end of the month, leaving 140 employees without jobs, unless Sandia opts to rehire them.
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Two companies with locations in New Mexico will lay off a total of 225 workers over the next several weeks, according to recent state filings.
CyraCom International, a Tucson-based language translation call center, is closing its Las Cruces location and cutting 85 employees by Nov. 3, per a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, commonly referred to as a WARN notice, filed with the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions.
CyraCom, which specializes in virtual translation services for health care, was acquired by fellow interpretation company Propio Language Services in July. The company also plans to close facilities in Tucson, Tampa and Houston, laying off close to 1,000 employees, according to reports from various local outlets this week.
Officials at CyraCom did not respond to a request for comment.
A contract between Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque and Encantado Technical Solutions is also set to expire on Sept. 30, which will result in the termination of 140 software engineers, developers and IT staff at Sandia if the laboratory doesn’t find other jobs for the employees, company officials wrote in a letter to the state.
The letter, written by an attorney representing Virginia-based tech firm ECS Federal, a co-owner of Encantado, said the company had been provided with information that indicated Sandia intended to rehire some of the employees for other positions, and that ECS was “hopeful” their employees would be kept on, though if there is no work available for them, ECS will permanently discontinue all operations in New Mexico.
“We remain optimistic that our dedicated employees will continue to contribute to the National Lab’s vital mission, as we are confident that the vast majority will be rehired by the contractor retaining the contract,” an ECS spokesperson said in a statement. “We want to assure the community that the recent layoffs associated with the National Lab contract are a part of the government contracting cycle.”
Sandia spokesperson Kimberly Vallez Quintana confirmed the contract with Encantado is expiring at the end of September, unrelated to layoffs at Sandia announced in June, and cuts to federal funding.
“Decisions regarding ECS employees are made between ECS and its workforce,” Vallez Quintana said.
