The Carrefour group indicated that up to “979 departures would be likely” at the level of its headquarters in France, “excluding stores and warehouses”, and “on a strictly voluntary basis”, in a message to AFP on Monday. outside of a CSE.
The distributor presented to its social partners a “new organization of parking spaces in France” and indicated on this occasion that “it would be likely that there would be a maximum number of 979 exits” on this occasion.
strictly voluntary
“These departures will affect only the employees of the headquarters, excluding those of stores or warehouses,” specifies Carrefour, which has offices in Massy (Essonne), Evry (Essonne) and Mondeville (Calvados).
In mid-June, the CFDT had indicated that “the first voluntary departures could take place at the end of August, or even much earlier for employees who produce a permanent contract abroad.”
This objective of reducing the workforce at the level of the positions was known, and the specialized media La Lettre A had revealed at the end of May that “a thousand positions” were “targeted in the single perimeter of the group in France”.
“Cost savings” of 4,000 million euros
This reorganization is part of the strategic plan for 2026 drawn up by its CEO, Alexandre Bompard. In November 2022, it announced a new €4 billion “cost savings” plan, including “significant staff reductions at each” European headquarters.
The CEO of the group did not give any indication about the scope of these reductions, and limited himself to stating that “in Europe there is enormous potential to exploit pooling” and that “everything that needs to be shared in our organization will be “. There are no known reductions in staff at the European level yet.
In 2022, Carrefour achieved a turnover of more than 16% to 90.8 billion euros and a net profit of 1.35 billion euros, 26% better than the previous year. It is scheduled to publish its financial results for the first half of 2023 on July 26.
Source: BFM TV
