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Information / Communication Information Communication Services Telecommunications 61.10 - Wired telecommunications activities
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
30 April 2016
Employment effect (start)
30 April 2016
Foreseen end date
Description
German cable network operator Unitymedia announced plans to cut about 500 jobs. According to the company, job cuts are due to a decrease in global demand. Mainly, Unitymedia wants to digitise the business and expand its online services. Moreover, according to the company restructuring measures have become necessary as the company wants to enhance efficiency, customer friendliness and its capacities more generally.
Executive board and employee representatives will start to negotiate about the terms of restructuring at the end of May. The works council is aiming to reduce the job cuts sharply. In 2012, Untymedia had to cut jobs due to the merger with Kabel BW (see 06.2012).
Unitymedia, headquartered in Cologne, currently employs 2,700 staff.
Sources
30 April 2016: DWDL Medienmagazin
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Unitymedia, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 87396, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/87396.
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