Vodafone Cost Cutting Affects Hundreds of Employees
The hardest part of Vodafone’s cost cutting processes was the removal of 375 redundancies. While the term “redundancies” explain why so many people lost their jobs the term is pretty dissociative of the fact that over 300 hardworking people have lost their work and source of income in just a single day.
Reports states that many teary eyed former employees were escorted out of the offices. Even current employees could not help but express disappointment in the way the event was handled by their own company as many of the employees affected were “loyal”, “hardworking” and have “spent many years of their lives” in the service of Vodafone.
Also affected are 6 Vodafone stores that had to be shut down as part of the cost cutting effort –employees in the affected stores are part of the 375 redundancies.
On a slightly lesser scale, employees of the Warrington call centre took a solid hit from the cost cutting as their monthly 30% sales bonus was removed. One of the staffers describes their office as “not a happy place” as a significant portion of their monthly income has been removed.
According to a spokeswoman from Vodafone, the decision to remove the bonus was done in order to implement a “reward structure that is fair and consistent”.
With cost cuttings occurring despite the apparent financial success of the mobile network operator –they opened up 50 new stores just last year, many are wondering what exactly is going on behind the scenes.
In other Vodafone related news, the operator is going to launch several new devices this coming April with the launch of several new devices. Expected to hit Vodafone’s offerings are the HTC Desire and Legend, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 and in late April, the Apple iPad.
Get to know more about the Warrington price cut at Mobile Today UK.
