Amid back of­fice con­sol­i­da­tion, Gilead ax­es 179 jobs in Cal­i­for­nia

Gilead is chop­ping 179 jobs in its home state of Cal­i­for­nia as it scales down its head­quar­ters in fa­vor of a hub in North Car­oli­na.

Up to half of the roles would shift to Re­search Tri­an­gle Park, where the com­pa­ny is set­ting up a new busi­ness ser­vices and in­for­ma­tion tech­nol­o­gy cen­ter, the San Fran­cis­co Chron­i­cle re­port­ed. The pre­cise num­ber will de­pend on how many em­ploy­ees choose to re­lo­cate.

Per a WARN no­tice filed with the state, the lay­offs are ex­pect­ed to be ef­fec­tive May 30.

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