Coca-Cola Offering Buyouts To About 4,000 Workers

Coca-Cola is offering voluntary buyout packages to approximately 4,000 employees as it looks to limit the number of potential layoffs while streamlining its business.

Steven Senne / Associated Press

Coca-Cola is offering voluntary buyouts to about 4,000 people to reduce the number of layoffs it says will take place as it streamlines operations.

Coca-Cola is reducing the number of its individual business segments from 17 to nine, which it said Friday will result in “voluntary and involuntary” staff cuts.

The streamlining is taking place during a rough stretch for Coca-Cola and almost all companies that cater to social events.