The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Computer, Electrical Electronic And Optical Products Manufacture Of Computer, Electronic And Optical Products 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
1,877 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
23 May 2007
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2007
Foreseen end date
31 December 2007
Description
Vivendi's mobile telephone unit SFR announced on 23 May 2007 that SFR Service Client, the subsidiary in charge of customer relations, is planning to transfer three of its call centres to two subcontractors: Teleperformance and Division Arvato Services. The call centres to be transferred are located in Lyon (582 staff), Toulouse (724 staff) and Poitiers (571 staff), SFR Service Clients said in its press release. The company said the announcement was made to employee representatives on 23 May and that the subcontractors had agreed to guarantee jobs at the sites 'for at least three years'. SFR Service Clients confirmed that the group was aiming to implement the transfer between August and December 2007, subject to agreement with unions. A spokesman for SFR said the deal did not constitute a sale, but rather the transfer of buildings and employment contracts to the two subsidiaries. Staff at the Lyon, Toulouse and Poitiers centres staged a walk out this morning, in reaction to the announcement, with employees at a fourth centre in Massy planning strike action.
Sources
24 May 2007: Les Echos
23 May 2007: La Tribune
23 May 2007: Journal des Finances
24 May 2007: Sud Ouest
Citation
Eurofound (2007), SFR Service Clients, Outsourcing in France, factsheet number 65384, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/65384.
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