Panasonic Holdings Corp. announced that it plans to reduce approximately 10,000 jobs worldwide. This step is part of the company’s large -scale business restructuring and will affect slightly less than 5% of the total number of personnel. About it reports Kyodo news.
The company plans to reject 5,000 employees in Japan and 5,000 employees abroad. Some employees will be presented to the Early Pension Program. Since March this year, the number of Panasonic staff was 207,548.
The electronic manufacturer aims to optimize the number of personnel to increase business efficiency. In connection with the upcoming restructuring, a timely cost of ¥ (about $ 895 million) is expected.
The company’s management has accepted the responsibility of the current situation. YUKA President Kusumi stated that he regretted in connection with the need for abbreviations and explained his intention to endeavor to increase labor productivity employees. It is also reported that it will return about 40% of its award.
According to the financial results for the financial year that ended in March, the company’s net profit decreased by 17.5% and sales fell by 0.5%. Panasonic predicts that net profit decreases and a 7.8% decrease in sales sales, which will end in March next year.
As a part of the reforms, the company plans to increase the profit by more than 300 billion yen until 2028 financial years.
The company, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. In 2001, he made large -scale discounts in 2001, and after the collapse of “Dotcomes Bubble ,, he made an early retirement of approximately 13,000 employees in response to deterioration in financial indicators. Previous restructuring efforts helped the company reclaim profitability.
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Source: Gazeta
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