Another distribution center in Luzerne County will soon be closing its doors.
Officials from the Office Depot have confirmed the facility near Mountain Top will be relocating.
More than 100 workers work at the Office Depot in the Crestwood Industrial Park. Come February, all of them will be looking for a new job.
"What can you say? There's no work out there. Nobody's buying. Nobody's selling. So what can you do?" asked Fred Amorosa of Shickshinny.
He isn't surprised to hear about the latest plant shut down in Luzerne County. Amorosa is a local truck driver and said times are tough just about everywhere you look.
Louis Edwards agrees. "It's bad all over. I'm laid off myself," Edwards said. "I'm out here today looking for a job."
The distribution center in Mountain Top will permanently shut down in February and consolidate to a new location near Harrisburg in Cumberland County.
William Zoepke has been working as a security guard there for nearly a decade. He said he is not looking forward to saying goodbye. "Well not really. They figured it was coming but then when it does happen, it's more or less a surprise," Zoepke said. He plans to retire after the February closure.
Not everyone working at the Office Depot facility will be as lucky. Many have families to support. They will need to rely on unemployment until they can find new work.
businesses like Abe's Hot Dogs along Route 309 said they rely on the lunch-time crowd from the industrial park to keep business going there as well.
"Last year they laid off a lot of people from the plants up in the industrial park. Now with Office Depot going it's going to hurt our business even more,"said Sandy Waitoish of Abe's.
Officials from the Office Depot said current employees will be able to apply for positions at the new location near Harrisburg. Severance packages are also being offered.
Officials from the Office Depot have confirmed the facility near Mountain Top will be relocating.
More than 100 workers work at the Office Depot in the Crestwood Industrial Park. Come February, all of them will be looking for a new job.
"What can you say? There's no work out there. Nobody's buying. Nobody's selling. So what can you do?" asked Fred Amorosa of Shickshinny.
He isn't surprised to hear about the latest plant shut down in Luzerne County. Amorosa is a local truck driver and said times are tough just about everywhere you look.
Louis Edwards agrees. "It's bad all over. I'm laid off myself," Edwards said. "I'm out here today looking for a job."
The distribution center in Mountain Top will permanently shut down in February and consolidate to a new location near Harrisburg in Cumberland County.
William Zoepke has been working as a security guard there for nearly a decade. He said he is not looking forward to saying goodbye. "Well not really. They figured it was coming but then when it does happen, it's more or less a surprise," Zoepke said. He plans to retire after the February closure.
Not everyone working at the Office Depot facility will be as lucky. Many have families to support. They will need to rely on unemployment until they can find new work.
businesses like Abe's Hot Dogs along Route 309 said they rely on the lunch-time crowd from the industrial park to keep business going there as well.
"Last year they laid off a lot of people from the plants up in the industrial park. Now with Office Depot going it's going to hurt our business even more,"said Sandy Waitoish of Abe's.
Officials from the Office Depot said current employees will be able to apply for positions at the new location near Harrisburg. Severance packages are also being offered.
