Asda to Cut around 5,000 workers

[arista]

https://news.sky.com/story/asdas-new-owners-eye-3-000-job-cuts-alongside-online-investment-drive-12228450

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56185236


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CEO Roger Burnley


[Asda said that the restructuring could also see
1,100 store management roles being
given a new grocery delivery focus.
The chain's chief executive, Roger Burnley, said:
"The pandemic has accelerated change
across the retail sector especially the shift
towards grocery home shopping and our
priority is to serve customers in the
way they want to shop with us.
"The last 12 months have shown us that
businesses have to be prepared to adapt
quickly to change and I am incredibly
proud of the way we demonstrated our
agility and resilience through the pandemic.
"We know that these proposed changes will
be unsettling for colleagues and our priority
is to support them during this consultation process.
"Our plans to transform the business will
result in more roles being created than
those we propose to remove and our
absolute aim is to ensure as many colleagues
as possible stay with us, as well as creating
the opportunity to welcome new people
to our business."]

[Cherie]

Didn't they restructure very recently and all staff had to sign new contracts?

[joeysteele]

Likely stemming from sheer greed from ASDA.

[Cherie]

Likely stemming from sheer greed from ASDA.

I think they are taking advantage that alot of people have lost their jobs in hospitality, so could restaff on lower grades :idc:

[arista]

Likely stemming from sheer greed from ASDA.

Issa Brothers the owners want it to
expand, later.


Also they are thinking of
spinning off "George clothing"

https://fashionunited.uk/news/business/asda-owners-consider-spinning-off-george-clothing-label/2021022253759

[Zizu]

https://news.sky.com/story/asdas-new-owners-eye-3-000-job-cuts-alongside-online-investment-drive-12228450



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-56185236





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CEO Roger Burnley





[Asda said that the restructuring could also see

1,100 store management roles being

given a new grocery delivery focus.

The chain's chief executive, Roger Burnley, said:

"The pandemic has accelerated change

across the retail sector especially the shift

towards grocery home shopping and our

priority is to serve customers in the

way they want to shop with us.

"The last 12 months have shown us that

businesses have to be prepared to adapt

quickly to change and I am incredibly

proud of the way we demonstrated our

agility and resilience through the pandemic.

"We know that these proposed changes will

be unsettling for colleagues and our priority

is to support them during this consultation process.

"Our plans to transform the business will

result in more roles being created than

those we propose to remove and our

absolute aim is to ensure as many colleagues

as possible stay with us, as well as creating

the opportunity to welcome new people

to our business."]



Surely people are only ( currently) choosing to shop online because of Covid ???

They will presumably all flock back into Supermarkets when it’s safe to do so


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[UserSince2005]

i am sure it wont be long before asda looks like a bazaar

[Cherie]

Surely people are only ( currently) choosing to shop online because of Covid ???

They will presumably all flock back into Supermarkets when it’s safe to do so


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of course but what a great excuse to get rid of staff eh

[Crimson Dynamo]

buy it

dump staff

make other staff do more

make profit


plus ca change

[Tom4784]

It's honestly gross and it's happening at a lot of major retailers when they were all open during the pandemic and likely had sky high profits because of it.

[Amy Jade]

I don't mean this disrespectfully but when I used to work for asda the 'back of shop' staff were a little irrelevant anyway.

I'll always remember 2 had called in sick and my manager asked me to help her and it took us just over an hour to replenish the tills and put the notes into a digital counter and then just sign everything off and put it in a safe. Yet the two women who were off had 6 hour shifts and the third lady also did a 6 hour shift so they were paying 3 women 17 hours wages to do a job three of us did in just an hour. Just doesn't make sense.

[arista]

I don't mean this disrespectfully but when I used to work for asda the 'back of shop' staff were a little irrelevant anyway.

I'll always remember 2 had called in sick and my manager asked me to help her and it took us just over an hour to replenish the tills and put the notes into a digital counter and then just sign everything off and put it in a safe. Yet the two women who were off had 6 hour shifts and the third lady also did a 6 hour shift so they were paying 3 women 17 hours wages to do a job three of us did in just an hour. Just doesn't make sense.


They are cutting back with Cash staff
due to more online.

Covid-19 has changed every business
still going

[arista]

Surely people are only ( currently) choosing to shop online because of Covid ???

They will presumably all flock back into Supermarkets when it’s safe to do so




Yes then
they will Hire more workers

[rusticgal]

Fire and rehire on lower contracts....Covid has been a great excuse for companies to do this...it was just a matter of time before other companies followed the trend.
Shame on them.

[arista]

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[Cherie]

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Maybe if they kept people in work?