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Transportation / Storage Warehousing And Support Activities For Transportation, Postal And Courier Activities Postal And Courier Activities 53.2 - Other postal and courier activities
250 jobs Number of planned job losses
Announcement Date
29 November 2013
Employment effect (start)
29 January 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2015
Description
Courier delivery services company TNT Express is to cut 250 jobs in Germany until the end of 2015. This is part of TNT’s “Deliver!” programme that could result in 4,000 job cuts globally.
In total, the company aimed to cut 10 percent of the 4,000 positions in Germany, including cuts at the headquarters in Troisdorf (North Rhine-Westphalia). 150 jobs have already been shed.
The group is based in the Netherlands, employing about 68,000 staff globally.
Sources
29 November 2013: Verkehrsrundschau
2 December 2013: Post & Parcel
25 March 2013: TNT express (press release)
25 March 2013: Spiegel Online
Citation
Eurofound (2013), TNT Express, Internal restructuring in Germany, factsheet number 76315, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/76315.
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