Gallup said Friday it had cut 26 employees from its Omaha workforce of about 900.
Another 12 employees lost their jobs at other Gallup offices around the country.
The company blamed the cuts on the recession, saying it had curbed revenue growth.
Call centers in Lincoln and Bellevue escaped what the company described as a reduction in workforce. The cuts occurred Monday.
Gallup has an overall workforce of about 2,000 employees, 1,400 of whom are in Nebraska.
Company spokesman Kelly Slater said a majority of the employees who lost their jobs worked at the riverfront corporate headquarters. The others were at the two call centers in Omaha.
In addition to the 38 job cuts, the company is looking to reduce the workforce further by offering 25 voluntary buyouts. Eligibility is based on age and experience, Slater said.
The company said the national recession had cut projections for revenue growth.
“Although Gallup's client base remains strong and steady with little turnover, many projects have been delayed, causing the shortfall,” the company said in a statement.
Double-digit revenue growth of the past two years had been projected to continue in 2009 as late as the third quarter of last year, the company said, but clients' delaying of projects changed that.
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