Bell Atlantic Corp., the Philadelphia-based parent of Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of Maryland, announced a plan yesterday to reduce its management ranks by more than 3,500 through an early retirement incentive program.
Bell Atlantic has 68,000 employees, including about 10,300 in Maryland. About 18,000 of its workers are salaried employees in management positions.
"The area where we feel that we are overstaffed is in the management ranks," Cynthia M. Ciangio, a Bell Atlantic spokeswoman, said.