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Telekom reportedly mulling massive job cuts

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Telekom reportedly mulling massive job cuts
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German communications giant Deutsche Telekom will cut up to 1,600 jobs in its Bonn headquarters as part of an aggressive cost-cutting measure targetting senior management, media reported Monday.

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Many of the cuts will be made at the senior management level, business daily the Handelsblatt reported Monday.

The cuts are part of a larger austerity programme that will run until 2015 and is aimed at cutting expenses at its headquarters, which has been accused of being overloaded with high-paid management.

A spokesman confirmed to Handelsblatt that cost-saving measures were coming, but would not elaborate on what was planned.

With aggressive cost-cutting between 2007 and 2010, the company says it has already saved about €8 billion – though mostly from synergies rather than job losses.

Initially, the savings at its Bonn headquarters will likely be wiped out by massive severance packages, which could average between €200,000 and €250,000 per person, totalling up to €400 million in the short-term. But the move will eventually save the company hundreds of millions of euros.

Deutsche Telekom has been hit by a series of crises in recent months, including accusations of corruption and technical problems with a toll road scheme that may end up costing it up to €1 billion.

More recently, there have been threats of strikes by company employees.

The Local/mdm

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