1,000 jobs at risk at Carrefour France?

As part of its cost-cutting plans, Carrefour is reportedly looking to cut as many as one in eight jobs at its French headquarters. However, the retailer did not want to confirm the rumours for now.

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One thousand jobs at Carrefour’s French headquarters could be under threat, a source close to the dossier told the Agefi-Dow Jones news agency. However, these would not be enforced redundancies, but so-called “non-compulsory departures”. The retailer would start negotiations with staff representatives in the coming days. A Carrefour spokeswoman only wanted to tell the news agency that the company intends to “prioritise social dialogue”.

When announcing its “Carrefour 2026” strategic plan in November, CEO Alexandre Bompard had already announced that the company would have to save as much as four billion euros between 2022 and 2026, and that it would review its organisation to do so, among other things. For that task, the retailer is calling on the consulting firm McKinsey and Alixio, a specialist in social strategy and transformation management.