Compass Mining retrenches 15% of staff, execs to take major pay-cuts

Compass Mining retrenches 15% of staff, execs to take major pay-cuts

Compass Mining parts ways with 15% of its workforce while senior employees and executives take major pay-cuts in the wake of the cryptocurrency downturn. Ongoing strife in the cryptocurrency space has forced Compass Mining to lay off 15% of its employees while top executives and staff take major pay-cuts.The firm announced its decision to downscale its workforce in a bid to weather difficult market conditions, just a week after the resignation of CEO Whit Gibbs and chief finance officer Jodie Fisher. Chief technology officer Paul Gosker and chief mining officer Thomas Heller have taken....


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