- Unilever plans to lay off a third of its office workers in Europe.
- The reductions will end in December 2025.
Such large layoffs are the plan of Unilever's management to revive the growth of the FMCG giant's revenues. As a result, the company wants to dismiss as many as one third of all office positions in Europe by 2025. Reuters writes about the case.
“Over the next few weeks, we are beginning a consultation process with employees who may be impacted by the proposed changes,” a Unilever spokesman said in an email.
3.2 thousand people will lose their jobs at Unilever. people
On Wednesday, the company informed senior management that as many as 3,200 people would lose their jobs in Europe by the end of 2025. people.
The details of the plan were first reported by the Financial Times.
The cuts are part of a program announced in March that included layoffs of as many as 7,500 people.
Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher, who took over last year, in October unveiled plans to regain investor confidence by simplifying the company's operations after its poor performance in recent years.
Unilever Polska employs approx. 3,000 people. people
Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Home Care, Nutrition and Ice Cream products, selling in 190 countries, reaching 3.4 billion consumers daily. It employs 127 thousand. employees.
In Poland, Unilever employs nearly 3,000. people and has 3 factories (in Poznań, Bydgoszcz and Banin near Gdańsk).
The company has been present in Poland since 1991, when it opened a cosmetics factory in Bydgoszcz.
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