Alaska Communications plans to cut its workforce by 30 employees, or about 5 percent, spokeswoman Heather Cavanaugh said Monday.
The Anchorage-based telecommunications company last week offered all its employees the option to take voluntary separation packages.
"While parts of our company are growing, we also have pressure from reductions in state and federal programs," Cavanaugh said, though she would not go into specifics. "I wouldn't say 'laying off' necessarily, because we expect to do voluntary separation packages to the extent possible."
She did not offer a timeline for when the cuts would be finished.
"It's not something we want to do but feel it's in the best interest of having a healthy company over the long term," Cavanaugh said.