Vodafone Hutchison Australia – Massive job cuts to come

Vodafone Hutchison Australia will cut a significant number of jobs across the country, as the organisation looks to recover from massive losses due to network issues that stem back to 2010.

It is expected that 10 percent of the company’s workforce, of approximately 5,000, will be made redundant as part of the measure. CEO Bill Morrow today announced that the cuts would be made to ensure that Vodafone remained an “agile, optimised organisation.”

“Vodafone will be a leaner, more effective business that is completely focused on what our customers want now and for the long term. We’ll give them the network and services they need and deserve,” he said in a statement.

The company will reduce the number of office roles, will review customer-facing roles, and look to cut “non-essential costs.”…

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