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Panasonic to shed 15,000 jobs
News Half the redundancies are in Japan, with the rest of the cuts being made globally, a Panasonic spokeswoman told ZDNet UK on Wednesday. The redundancies were announced following Panasonic's third-quarter results, which showed consolidated group...
[February 4, 2009, 13:23]
Shell agrees $4bn IT outsourcing deal
News About 2,960 Shell IT staff and contractors are expected to be transferred under the deal with AT&T, EDS and T-Systems, with Shell saying there will be "20-30 redundancies at worst". Our goal is to make redundancies zero, there is a significant...
[April 1, 2008, 10:19]
Tech jobs at risk in HSBC redundancies
News The redundancies follow a separate round of cuts last September which saw 1,100 staff — among them IT workers — lose their jobs. More than 100 IT workers could lose their jobs in HSBC's latest round of proposed redundancies.
[March 26, 2009, 16:14]
Intel to remove up to 300 jobs in Ireland
Blog Comment I write to inform you of the impending redundancies recently announced this month by Tata Consultancy Services following the controversial outsourcing and transfer under TUPE of Legal and General IT staff last year to TCS.
[February 19, 2009, 23:24]
400 IT jobs to go at Barclays
News Barclays said it will try to minimise compulsory redundancies among the affected GISD staff: "We will, of course, take all possible measures to mitigate compulsory redundancies through releasing contractors, closing vacancies and opening voluntary...
[January 7, 2009, 16:45]
Barclays to offshore 1,800 IT jobs
News But Unite warned of higher levels of redundancies in the following years, as many contractor posts will have already been filled by redeployments. Keith Brookes, national secretary for Barclays at Unite, said: "We can avoid heavy duty compulsory...
[July 15, 2008, 9:27]
BT to shed 10,000 workers
News CWU general secretary Andy Kerr said in a statement on Thursday that his union would hold Livingston to his promise that any redundancies would be voluntary. The CWU will oppose any compulsory redundancies by whatever means necessary.
[November 13, 2008, 12:25]
650 UK jobs go in Alcatel cutbacks
News Staff at Alcatel's operations at Greenwich in London will be hit by the redundancies. So far this year it has announced a total of 20,000 redundancies. French telecom equipment firm Alcatel announced late on Wednesday that over 3,000 staff would be...
[October 4, 2001, 16:38]
IT staff face bleak outlook
News The immediate outlook for IT staff in the UK is bleak with redundancies rising, salaries falling and less training going on. As a result of IT cutbacks by many businesses, the overall number of ICT staff made redundant in the UK rose to 10,000 for...
[July 4, 2003, 15:23]
The future's bright... but not for Orange
News The company announced plans to axe 1,800 staff across Europe, with the bulk of the redundancies coming in Denmark and the UK. According to a spokesman for the company, as many as 800 staff have already been let go, with a further 1,000 to be...
[December 5, 2002, 14:48]
Time Computers back in business
Talkback i worked at burnley store n although we were all badly let down with the way the redundancies and pay were handled in the end, i must admi,t i miss going to work and havin laugh wi all other members of staff.i still keep in touch wi every1 from my...
[January 26, 2006, 10:20]
Shell accused of 'dumping' IT staff
News Shell has stressed there will be up to 30 redundancies at worst among the 2,960 tech staff who will be affected by the deal globally. Shell has been accused of keeping IT staff in the dark over their future following the oil giant's £4bn...
[April 4, 2008, 9:07]
Surplus PeopleSoft staff lose jobs
News The reductions are being based solely on redundancies between the two software makers, he said. Edwards has a staff of about 13,000. Edwards staff or on its own work force. PeopleSoft chief financial officer Kevin Parker had said previously that...
[October 3, 2003, 11:35]
News Burst: QXL to axe 100 staff after raising £30m
News The planned redundancies are part of an effort to reduce overhead costs in order to move the company towards profitability earlier than expected. Online auction firm QXL (quote: QXL) confirmed Thursday that it has successfully completed a £30m...
[December 1, 2000, 12:15]
No spoonful of sugar for Cable & Wireless staff
Talkback Bad news: - "Mass redundancies and contract terminations" In a single memo in "David Brent" style has metaphorically assigned his staff and clients to Death Row, but left them with the keys to the prison and given them a 6 month head start, before...
[March 2, 2006, 12:28]
Transforming Communication Services With Global Sourcing
White Papers The company was looking at consolidating, getting rid of redundancies and increasing efficiencies in terms of time-to-market and improved customer services. Infosys rapidly took the ownership of the programs freeing some of the strategic staff to...
[July 4, 2009, 1:20]
NTL confirms 6,000 staff will go
News NTL's redundancies came as the company revealed first quarter results for 2006. NTL said it expects natural attrition, voluntary redundancy and cutbacks in temporary staff will account for many more of the jobs it is sheddding.
[May 10, 2006, 11:05]
IBM deal averts strike action in Bradford
News But the council has now promised staff that there will be no compulsory redundancies and they will only transfer to the supplier on a voluntary basis. Bradford Council has signed a contract with IBM to deliver its IT transformation programme after...
[July 4, 2005, 16:55]
Virgin Media to cut 2,200 jobs
News No breakdown has yet been provided as to where in the company the redundancies will occur, as consultations with potentially affected staff still have to take place, a company representative told ZDNet UK on Tuesday.
[November 11, 2008, 15:17]
Nokia to lay off 1,700 workers
News There will be redundancies in both countries. Nokia is to lay off approximately 1,700 staff around the globe, the handset manufacturer said on Tuesday. In a statement, Nokia said staff would be laid off in its devices and markets units, as well as...
[March 17, 2009, 14:05]
