![]() ![]() Metzger, chairman of the Lycoming County Commissioners. “We’ve all heard they’ve had problems over the years and there were issues, but we didn’t know the extent until now,” said Scott L. “We were just devastated because we knew it was bad, but we didn’t know it was really bad.” ![]() “We all came out crying, the whole floor,” said Fisher, who was paid $12.60 an hour. The managers said the pandemic and the weak economy left the company no choice. 15, when supervisors called employees in by teams and informed them Shop Vac was closing immediately because a sale of the company had fallen through. ![]() Still, the workforce was unprepared for what happened Sept. There were layoffs before Christmas, and more this year after the coronavirus hit. Its manufacturer in China went on strike. Last year the company hastily shut down a warehouse in New York state, leading to lost orders, Fisher said. » UPDATE: In holiday surprise, laid-off workers at Shop Vac find that their Williamsport plant won’t close, after allīut not all was well at Shop Vac. Shop Vac employed about 1,700 people worldwide, including more than 400 people in Williamsport alone, according to previous company social-media posts. She learned just about everything there is to know about the company’s signature product, the wet-dry vacuums that occupy a place in millions of American workshops.įisher, 48, was proud to work for a family-owned business such as Shop Vac, a rare company headquartered in north-central Pennsylvania with global reach. in Williamsport, but she advanced quickly to customer service. Tia Fisher was hired two years ago to work in the warehouse at Shop Vac Corp. ![]()
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