T-Systems reaches agreement on job cuts in Germany

News IT Germany 10 SEP 2018
T-Systems reaches agreement on job cuts in Germany

Deutsche Telekom's corporate arm T-Systems is set to embark on its restructuring and cost savings plan after the company reached a compromise with its works' council, reported German business publication WirtschaftsWoche (WiWo). Under the agreement, a total of 3,765 jobs will be eliminated at T-Systems by the end of 2020, with another 1,200 positions then up for elimination if the company is not performing better economically, a spokesman for the company confirmed to DPA news agency.

Hundreds of employees have agreed to leave the company voluntarily, with T-Systems' management speaking of up to 5,600 job cuts in Germany as a result, added WiWo. The agreement on job cuts in Germany represents a "partial victory" for T-Systems CEO Adel Al-Saleh in his plan to save EUR 600 million through a series of job eliminations at T-Systems in Germany and around the world.

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IT

Companies:

T-Systems,  Deutsche Telekom

Countries:

Germany

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Corporate strategy, Market research

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