After early pandemic layoffs, CT giant Stanley Black & Decker adding jobs amid DIY boom
Alexander Soule
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It’s the tried-and-true maxim for the do-it-yourself enthusiast — “measure twice, cut once.”
But the CEO of Connecticut tool giant Stanley Black & Decker suggested he may have erred in cutting too many jobs in haste last year after his initial read of the pandemic economy failed to anticipate a surprise boom in purchases by people stuck at home.
After making permanent 1,000 job cuts last year and putting an unspecified number of temporary workers and external contractors on hiatus, Stanley Black & Decker now lists 800 job openings in the United States.