Irish postal operator to slash 1,300 jobs
An Post has said that it intends to reduce its 10,000 strong workforce by 1,300 between 2010 and 2012, reports RTE Business. The article continues:
Around 450 people received letters from the company over the last few days inviting expressions of interest in voluntary redundancy.
From that group, the company is seeking 250 redundancies as the first tranche of the three-year redundancy programme.
The company has 1,250 post offices and 200 postal agents.
The job cuts form part of a drive to realign the company structure and size in line with a new business reality – where mail volumes are down 10% year-on-year.
The company is also facing the challenge of fully liberalised mails market within the next year, and is seeking to streamline the company ahead of that.
The staffing cuts would apply across all levels of the company nationwide, including headquarters, collection, retail, and processing.
The company says staff numbers were already reducing due to change programmes and automation, with a loss of 351 employees in the last year alone.
Redundancies would be on a voluntary basis, though the terms have not yet been revealed.
