The Carlsbadistan based trading card and collectables company Upper Deck Co., cut 119 employees, according to Califonia WARN notices filed in March 2010 and reported Friday in the San Diego Business Journal.
Company spokesman Terry Melia said the job cuts were needed to “right-size” Upper Deck’s work force after recent changes in its license portfolio. . . Upper Deck declined to disclose its post-layoff employment numbers, but said early this year that it had 250 employees. . . The layoffs come amid a series of business and legal setbacks for Upper Deck during the past year.
The company has had several legal issues regarding licensing rights to products it has been selling. Namely with being accused of counterfeiting Yu-Gi-Oh cards and selling cards featuring Major League Baseball players that the company was reportedly no longer licensed to show. Tough times.
[Link: San Diego Business Journal]
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I actually was part of it. It happened 2 months ago, but technically today was the day due to the WARN Act. It was more then 119.
As of May, UD has no quality control person with more than about a year’s experience.
They have laid off the entire department. They have cut all sembllence of quality and gone for cheap labor. Good Luck collectors.