Siemens is slashing 12,600 jobs
from its global workforce as it seeks to cut £1bn from its costs by
2010 in response to the economic downturn.
The company intends to make job cuts primarily in
administration-related functions. Plans involve axing around 12,600
jobs worldwide. An additional 4,150 jobs will be affected by
restructuring projects. Overall, 16,750 jobs will be affected by
the planned cutbacks.
"The speed at which business is changing worldwide has increased
considerably, and we're orienting Siemens accordingly. Against the
backdrop of a slowing economy, we have to become more efficient,"
said Siemens CEO Peter Löscher.
In Germany, about 5,250 jobs will be affected by the planned
personnel reductions. Some of these reductions will be achieved by
cutting expenditure for IT infrastructure and consultants.
At the Siemens IT Solutions and Services business, around 550
sales and administrative jobs will go - including some 300 in
Germany.
These reductions are to be mainly achieved by cutting IT costs
within the company. Further cuts will be necessary due to declining
demand in the area of software development, said Siemens.
These cuts will affect around a further 500 employees, including
about 350 in Germany.
Many of the other thousands of jobs to go are also
technology-related in the industry, energy and healthcare
businesses.
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