A large financial company has announced its plan to cut Florida customer service jobs.

American Express recently revealed it would cut 7,000 jobs, some of them located in south Florida. However, Joanna Lambert, vice president of corporate and financial communications, said in an article by the South Florida Business Journal that Florida is not a major focus of the job cuts.

Overall, the company plans to cut about 10 percent of its global workforce as part of a reorganization. South Florida is home to two American Express call centers in Weston and Fort Lauderdale. (more…)