SMYRNA, Tenn. (WZTV) — Nissan has confirmed that its plants in Smyrna, Canton, and Decherd will experience job cuts.

The company stated it would initially seek volunteers for the layoffs, offering severance packages to those who opt-in.

Nissan’s Smyrna plant has approximately 5,700 employees, Canton has approximately 4,300 employees, and Decherd has approximately 1,700 employees but a spokesperson for Nissan declined to confirm the number of employees who will be affected by this decision.

FOX 17 News was issued the following statement by Nissan:

“Nissan is taking measures to ensure that we align our production to meet the needs of the market and customers, ensuring competitiveness and offering strong value with our vehicles. These actions include changing shift patterns at our U.S. facilities to match production volumes with market demand. To that end, Nissan is offering certain hourly U.S.-based manufacturing employees a voluntary separation package in FY25. This approach ensures more efficient operations at the plants under current market conditions, while giving us flexibility to expand when future product programs require.”

This move follows Nissan’s announcement late last year that it would reduce its global workforce by 9,000 jobs.

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