E.On

Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Sector
Utilities
Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply
Electricity, Gas, Steam And Air Conditioning Supply
35.14 - Trade of electricity
450 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
6 March 2014
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

Energy supplier E.On is to close its face-to-face selling department, where 450 jobs will be lost. 

The company is under investigation following allegations of misselling products in its face-to-face and telephone sales operations, though it claims that the investigation did not require the closure. 

The move to end face-to-face selling in shopping centres follows the decision to end doorstop selling in July 2012. In 2011, the ERM reported on 500 job cuts at E.On in the UK.

Sources

  • 6 March 2014: The Telegraph

Citation

Eurofound (2014), E.On, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 76705, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76705.