Erickson, Barcelona. Credit score: Davide Bonaldo, Shutterstock
Swedish telecom big Ericsson has been a part of a European restructuring that cuts greater than 300 jobs (roughly 13% of the workforce) in Spain..
The transfer comes a 12 months after the corporate’s operations in Madrid, Malaga and Barcelona averted international layoffs at Stockholm headquarters.
The lower will have an effect on the function of your entire 2,260-man group in Erixon Spain. This consists of the next 800+ R&D positions:
- Madrid (600 employees)
- Malaga (200 employees)
- Barcelona (30 employees)
These modifications observe Erickson’s determination to scale back international enterprise models from seven to only 4, prompting the elimination of inner duplication and roles. The corporate mentioned the restructuring “implies that it creates operational effectivity, which implies replicating some options and making the work simpler. Eleconomista.es. )
Final 12 months, Ericsson lower 8,500 jobs worldwide as a result of a recession within the cellular community tools market.
The corporate beforehand described its Spanish subsidiaries as “strategic” due to its proximity to decision-making at telecom giants resembling Telefonica, Vodafone and Orange. Nonetheless, these relationships had been modified with the merger of Orange and Masmoville and the acquisition of Vodafone by Zegona.
In June, Ericsson consolidated its European, Center East and Africa operations right into a single EMEA area and disbanded the earlier Mera (European and Latin America) constructions. French Christian Leon is at the moment overseeing the European enterprise, and Erickson Spain CEO Diego Martinez has reported on to him.
Regardless of looming layoffs, Erikson Spain’s 2024 monetary outcomes present progress.
- 25.8 million euros revenue (+11% vs 2023)
- Gross sales of 538.1 million euros (+8.2%)
Labor prices had been practically 250 million euros, 16.8% greater than the earlier 12 months. in the meantime:
- Director’s wage fell 17.5% to 783,000 euros
- The senior administration obtained the identical 2.6 million euros as in 2023, cut up into 14 executives.
Final 12 months, the corporate fired solely 47 Spanish workers, highlighting the tough distinction with this 12 months’s cuts of over 300.
Erickson’s determination might mark the start of a wider layoff in Europe’s struggling telecom trade.
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