Rowman & Littlefield has furloughed their entire staff of 450 people—”management team and all”– for two weeks, without pay, “with the exception of a skeleton crew working to print books and ship orders,” ceo Jed Lyons confirmed to PL on Tuesday. “As I explained to the team last week,” he told us, “a temporary furlough is the best way to preserve jobs for everyone going forward.” It “keeps everyone on the payroll and with health care.” Lyons underscores, “We have not laid anyone off” and says that they “will reassess a week from Friday.” Elsewhere, staff cutbacks are underway at […]
