I just saw this in a repost by the NRHS:
http://wavy.com/2016/07/06/nor...-its-roanoke-office/
Good luck to the employees and city!
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They have taken the article off the website. However, it relates to this press release, which is a year and a half old now. Perhaps someone jumped the gun at the TV station.
Here's the cached version from google:
ROANOKE, Va. (WAVY) — Norfolk Southern announced Tuesday that it will close its Roanoke office building later this year.
The office’s functions will be relocated to Atlanta or Norfolk.
About 500 people currently work in the building in departments including marketing, accounting, information technology and others. Affected employees will have the option to relocate with their positions.
Norfolk Southern said in a news release that the action is being taken to “foster departmental synergies and to make better use of the company’s real estate assets and support the company’s goal of streamlining its management workforce.”
The company is in the final process of evaluating which positions will be located to its corporate headquarters in Norfolk or its operational headquarters in Atlanta.
Some regionally oriented positions will remain in Roanoke, but will move to work in other area locations.
“This will not involve any involuntary force reductions, and we will provide substantial relocation packages for those who choose to relocate,” said James A. Squires, Norfolk Southern president. “Norfolk Southern has been a proud corporate citizen of Roanoke for more than 130 years, and that will not change. While our profile may be reduced, Roanoke will remain a key location in our network, and we will remain engaged in the community.”
Roanoke will remain the headquarters for Norfolk Southern’s Virginia Division. The company will continue operating a local switching yard and locomotive and car maintenance facilities at Shaffer’s Crossing, and a locomotive overhaul and rebuilding facility in its East End Shops.
In total, about 1,700 people currently work for Norfolk Southern in Roanoke
"...the action is being taken to “foster departmental synergies...""
Uhhh... What?
John is correct; this is last year's news.
NS pricing people made up a significant number of the people impacted by this and they have been in the Norfolk office now for about 13 or so months.
Curt
It is old news, but what hasn't generally been talked about is the State Of Virginia put up about $2 million to assist Norfolk Southern in the cost of the relocation. Of course the Governor spun this as new jobs coming to the Norfolk area and his administration took credit for it. In reality was all that was being done was relocating 175 jobs from one part of the state to another with a large government subsidy.
