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Retail Wholesale Trade, Except Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles Wholesale Of Food, Beverages And Tobacco 46.3 - Wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
500 jobs Number of planned job losses
3,000 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
18 October 2016
Employment effect (start)
18 October 2016
Foreseen end date
31 October 2021
Description
On 18 October 2016, the retail chain Real SB Warenhaus, a subsidiary of the retail and wholesale giant Metro, announced an internal restructuring programme, which includes up to 500 job cuts as well as up to 3,000 new jobs.
The job cut will take place at Real's headquarter and in its administration. It will be implemented within the next 18 months. Real plans to save costs and to decentralise its administration. In return, the company will strengthen its sales management and the accountability of their branches. Therefore, Real plans to hire up to 3,000 new employees in sales within the next five years.
The management will negotiate with the works' council about socially acceptable solutions, but did not exclude direct dismissals. Real currently employs 36,063 at 293 sites in Germany.
Sources
18 October 2016: real SB-Warenhaus press release
18 October 2016: finanznachrichten.de
19 October 2016: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
19 October 2016: Stuttgarter Zeitung
Citation
Eurofound (2016), Real SB-Warenhaus, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 89034, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/89034.
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