T-Mobile has announced a few more details on their restructuring plan via an official press release this morning; approximately 900 positions are being eliminated in the company. T-Mobile goes on to state that 550 new jobs are being created to support the new business needs and strategy in the company, reducing the total impact to 350 net jobs lost. The job cuts will not affect “technicians in engineering, customer service representatives in our 17 remaining call centers, or front-line retail employees in corporate-owned T-Mobile stores,” according to the release.
The 550 new positions will mostly be located at T-Mobile’s Puget Sound location, and are in addition to the 1,000 sales reps the company plans to hire in 2012. Current T-Mobile employees affected by the reductions are being encouraged to apply for the new positions. T-Mobile is providing the following official statement on the cuts and new T-Mobile strategy:
“T-Mobile previously announced its intent to restructure and optimize operations throughout the company in order to best reposition the company, given today’s demanding and rapidly evolving marketplace. This week we are communicating to our employees the balance of those organizational changes to best position T-Mobile to powerfully compete and return to growth.
We are restructuring the organization and optimizing operations so that we can make critical decisions better and faster in response to market and customer demands. Further, by reducing our cost structure and streamlining operations, T-Mobile will be able to invest in areas where we anticipate the strongest return: modernizing our 4G network; aggressively pursuing the B2B segment; and re-launching our brand.
These changes resulted in a restructuring of key functions and departments across the company including the elimination of some positions and the outsourcing of others. While difficult choices had to be made, restructuring our organization will help us better respond to market and customer demands and bring opportunity for continued career development and growth for many of our employees. We appreciate the contributions of our affected colleagues and will provide them with assistance and support during this transition.” – Larry Myers, chief people officer for T-Mobile USA
[via T-Mobile]