पिछले एक साल में दूरसंचार में बड़े पैमाने पर छंटनी के चलते अब तक 75,000 लोगों की नौकरी से छंटनी
The telecom sector lost a fourth of its workforce, or some 75,000 employees, in the last one year as operators, tower firms and vendors consolidate to remain afloat in the severely competitive industry.
In the telecom industry, manpower accounts for 4-5% of the costs, but in the last few years there was no reining in of salaries. Now that expenses need to be harnessed, employees will be the first casualty.
Players are shutting shop, shrinking operations and shedding flab in terms of both permanent and contract employees to run a tight ship, and now only 75% of the workforce remain from a year ago. More exits are on the anvil.
“About a year ago, there were three lakh employees, 25% of which have moved out of the sector in the last 12 months,” said A Ramachandran, partner at search firm Ema Partners. Most job losses are through involuntary attrition, which means they have been asked to go by the companies with a few months’ notice and a severance package of 3-6 months’ salary in some cases.
Source : economictimes . indiatimes . com /jobs/telecom-is-reeling-under-mass-layoffs-casualties-so-far-75000-jobs-counting/