The electronic commerce giant Zalando announced on Tuesday the loss of several hundred jobs around the world, due to a “complicated” economic situation for digital players, which have multiplied layoffs in recent months.
A “more complicated” environment
The German group, specialized in prêt-à-porter, will launch “a program to reduce several hundred positions within the teams,” the company’s management said in a letter to its employees on Tuesday. Berlin-based Zalando employs 17,000 people worldwide.
“Some parts of our business have grown too fast,” they added. The tech sector fair face a difficult situation in a context of strong inflation and de hausse des taux d’intérêt après une période faste, notamment au plus fort de la pandémie de Covid-19 et des confinements qui a profité à la vente In Internet.
50 million customers
The job cuts are expected to affect “many divisions of Zalando, including senior management levels,” the executives explained. On the other hand, employees of “logistics centers, customer service and stores” will not be affected. Just like Zalando Studio’s “operational posts”, which produces photos of items sold online. The other details of the plan will only be known after “a consultation” with the representatives of the workers by the management, which has already begun, they assured.
Since its foundation in 2008, the Zalando startup has become one of the main European groups in online clothing sales, with more than 50 million active customers. This announcement comes at a time when social plans are multiplying in the digital sector.
After Amazon, Meta and Microsoft, Google in turn announced 12,000 job cuts in January, or just over 6% of its workforce. Microsoft has announced 10,000 layoffs by the end of March. In Germany, the software giant SAP will cut 3,000 jobs.
Source: BFM TV
