Tag: Deutsche Post

Deutsche Post World Net AG plans to offer some of its 79,000 German-based mail carriers part-time contracts as part of its drive to reduce costs, the Financial Times Deutschland reported without citing its sources.

A Verdi union spokeswoman told the newspaper that the part-time contracts will be offered primarily to trainees who do not have permanent contracts. They will work 30 hours instead of 38.5.

‘We are afraid that they (Deutsche Post) want to cross a threshold here so that they can reduce their salary costs on a massive scale in the future,’ the spokeswoman said.

Deutsche Post has said it is planning to close around 1,000 branch offices by the end of 2005 in order to save money.

Deutsche Post will complete the reorganization of its retail outlet network by late 2005. The target figure of 12,000 retail outlets required by the legislator will have been reached once the measure is completed. The goal of the reorganization is to reconcile regulatory requirements, customer demand and profitability in the approximately 13,000 retail outlets still currently operating. Unprofitable retail outlets in approximately 600 locations will be closed by late 2004 and replaced by a mobile postal service. In return, Deutsche Post has provided some 1,300 locations with a guarantee that their retail outlets will be retained or new ones opened as part of its voluntary commitment.