Glovo will close ‘ghost supermarket’ It is located in the city of Alicante and provides the Super Glovo service. This was later confirmed by the company itself. UGT will condemn the firm for implementing an ERE in the subsidiary that carries out this activity.
Such facilities are actually warehouses where the delivery company stores the products Selling directly to online supermarket. It so happens that employees One of the few direct hires from Glovowithout using the formula autonomous – as with delivery drivers – this was questioned by the Labor Inspector and the Government itself.
In total, Super Glovo will stop offering its service, as confirmed by Glovo in six cities: Alicante, Bilbao, Pamplona, Tenerife, Las Palmas and Granada, where ghost-owned supermarkets will be closed.
A company spokesman justified the decision “at a previous hearing.” Difficult access to capital and investment and after evolution Insufficient registered business volume In recent months.” Of course, he no longer directly markets products from his own supermarket in all these cities, he explains: Items from other stores and organizations using the platform will continue to be available. To sell your items.
On the contrary, the company states: Super Glovo will continue its service in locations where it is profitable. He particularly draws attention to his continuity in Barcelona, Madrid, Zaragoza, Valencia, Seville, Malaga and Palma de Mallorca.
Conditions cut
UGT, in its statement, stated that in addition to the layoffs that these closures will cause, ERE will also “tightening working conditions“From other workers in this section of Glova.
Thus, they state that the company withdrew from the contract and made a cut in salary compensation, Eliminates accessories such as transportation, holiday work or clothing extras.
In the same vein, he regrets that there are no other business centers with regular employees (i.e. hired people) in the places where the company will be closed. According to the union, these ghost supermarkets, along with centralized services, are the only facilities on the platform where the self-employment formula questioned by justice is not used and staff are hired.