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Information / Communication Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities Computer Programming, Consultancy And Related Activities 62 - Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
1,300 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
12 July 2021
Employment effect (start)
12 July 2021
Foreseen end date
31 December 2021
Description
As announced on 12 July 2021, the French IT service provider Atos will be cutting around 1,300 jobs in 2021 in Germany due to internal restructuring. The job reduction is part of Atos’s transition to a more digital and cloud focused company. This process has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The affected will be employees at data centres and IT experts helping customers on-site.
Negotiations regarding a social plan will start shortly. The company expects that the restructuring will cost approximately €180 million this year. The company has emphasised that the job reduction will be as socially acceptable as possible. As of July 2021, there is no information on the location of job cuts.
Atos has 10,000 employees in Germany.
In September 2014, Atos closed its site in Frankfurt (Hesse) which made 300 employees redundant.
Eurofound (2021), Atos, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 105054, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/105054.
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