Receipt
“Fender's response was the notice relates to Fender's standard holiday inventory quiet weeks scheduled for December 14th through December 31st. There are no layoffs associated with these quiet weeks, and employees will return in the new year.”
Tone Nerds, at 28:11 of “Fender Layoffs, New Guitars, & What's Next | Tone Nerds Live” on Tone Nerds’ channel.
Around it
- 28:05 It's a federal law requiring advance notice before plant closure or mass layoffs, so people
- 28:10 assume the layoffs.
- 28:11 Now, Fender's response was the notice relates to Fender's standard holiday inventory quiet
- 28:16 weeks scheduled for December 14th through December 31st.
- 28:19 There are no layoffs associated with these quiet weeks, and employees will return in the
- 28:22 new year.
- 28:23 They actually even said they have the option to work during that period, too.
- 28:26 So, we'll see.
In the paper
- Headlines, week ending 30 October 2026