The director for a call center in Pocatello says the business is laying off part of its staff.

In a press release Jesse Reinhold, director for Mountain West Research Center, says there will be a "reduction in force" and a "short term workforce realignment...stemming from the economic downturn." When Local News 8 asked him how many people were being laid off, he would only say a full force consists of 75 people.

In the release Reinhold says the reduced staff will continue to service existing clients and he hopes it will be short lived. Mountain West Research Center has been in Pocatello since 1995.