Telstra / To cut 1100 jobs

Telstra will cut around 1100 jobs from its operation business by June next year, around 6 per cent of its operations staff.

Telstra said the job cuts are a result of restructuring the telco announced in May this year, which includes splitting operations into five groups responsible for delivering the company’s services.

“At the time, we said we expected there to be impacts on jobs from these changes and, after reviewing the business over the last few months, today we briefed our people on the expected impacts,” Brendon Riley, Telstra’s chief operations officer, said in a statement.

“Always when there are implications for people’s jobs it is difficult and this is no exception. We will work through a careful consultation process with our people and we will do so with the utmost respect and sensitivity.”

As part of the restructuring plans, Telstra will consolidate fixed network technicians in NSW, the ACT, VIC, QLD and TAS; review its media operations team; and restructure its customer service delivery team.

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