Type
Internal restructuring
Country
France
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
all units
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Land Transport And Transport Via Pipelines
49 - Land transport and transport via pipelines

1,850 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
20 December 2010
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

On 22th December, the management of the national train company SNCF announced that it intends to cut 1,850 positions in 2011 (equating to 1,400 FTEs, representing 0.9% of the workforce).  In previous years the company made larger reductions in its workforce of between 1.2% and 2.6%. The company now expects 6,350 workers to leave the company and 4,500 to join. Last October, SNCF announced that it had recruited 3,200 employees in 2010 while, in the same period, 6,000 employees left the company through retirement.


Sources

Citation

Eurofound (2010), SNCF, Internal restructuring in France, factsheet number 71340, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/71340.