Tata Motors on Tuesday said it has reduced its managerial workforce by up to 1,500 people domestically as part of an organisational restructuring exercise.

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"The reference (total managers) on which we started (the exercise) was in the vicinity of 13,000...We do see as far as the white collar population is concerned, an overall reduction in the vicinity of 10-12 per cent (up to 1,500)," managing director and chief executive Guenter Butschek told reporters here.

He was speaking after announcing the company's earnings for the fiscal 2016-17.

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The company joins a growing number of organisations adopting such strategies for a variety of reasons, ranging from cutting the flab to automation. These job cuts, which have led to concerns on 'jobless economic growth' in various quarters, have been across multiple sectors, including capital goods, banking & finance, and information technology.

Engineering, procurement and construction major Larsen and Toubro had announced shedding of 14,000 jobs in the first half of FY17, HDFC Bank has also reduced its workforce by over 10,000 in the second half of FY17 alone.

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Terming it as a "holistic fundamental review", he said the programme has been completed now and the company will be coming out with a new structure soon.

Officials said the exercise was carried out with a view to get ownership and accountability within the organisation and not to cut costs.

While some of the affected employees were given voluntary retirement option, some were transfered to a services arm -- Global Delivery Centre, the officials said.

However, they did not quantify the number of people moved to the services arm which is based out of Pune.