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186 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
4 August 2022
Employment effect (start)
4 August 2022
Foreseen end date
Description
The multinational Gopuff- an American company that sells consumer products through a mobile application or its website, intends to lay off its 186 workers (the entire workforce in Spain). The company has submitted to the workers' representatives the start of the consultation period for collective redundancies. The dismissal of the 186 workers would mean the exit of the company from Spain. Gopuff is also planning to close some establishments in France and Luxembourg.
Gopuff has been operating in Spain- exclusively in the Community of Madrid- since April 2021. It has several offices and five shops and operates in the so-called ultra-fast e-commerce sector.
Workers' representatives have expressed their opposition to the redundancies.
Eurofound (2022), Gopuff, Closure in Spain, factsheet number 107248, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/107248.
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