WorldCom will cut at least 3,000 jobs next month as part of the company's effort to trim costs and emerge from bankruptcy next year, the Washington Postreported.
WorldCom spokesman Mr Brad Burns said the layoffs are part of the company's plan to eliminate 17,000 jobs.
The latest job cuts were disclosed during a question-and-answer session involving WorldCom employees and the company's incoming chairman, chief executive and president, Mr Michael D. Capellas, in Colorado Springs, the report said.
Separately yesterday, Mr Rudolph W. Giuliani downplayed speculation he is in line to become the next chairman of WorldCom, the newspaper said. When asked by reporters in New York if he had been approached to become the scandal-plagued company's next chairman, Mr Giuliani replied: "That's really way premature".
The former mayor of New York noted his firm has been hired by one of the company's creditors to provide advice on its ongoing bankruptcy. "The nature of the engagement is for Giuliani Partners, my firm, not necessarily just me," Mr Giuliani said.
AFP