This time, it’s official. The Carrefour group indicated that up to “979 departures would be likely to take place” at its headquarters in France, “excluding stores and warehouses”, and on “a strict voluntary basis”, in a message to AFP on Monday on the sidelines of a CSE.
“These departures will only concern head office employees, excluding those in stores or warehouses”, specifies Carrefour, which has offices in Massy, Evry (Essonne) and Mondeville, in Calvados. These departures “can only take place on a strictly voluntary basis, and within the framework of quality social support”, still assures the distributor. The workforce reduction objective was revealed at the end of May by the specialized press.
A savings plan of 4 billion through “staff reductions”
This reorganization is part of the strategic plan for 2026 concocted for the distributor by its CEO Alexandre Bompard. In November 2022, the latter announced a new plan for “cost savings” of 4 billion euros, including “significant reductions in the workforce in each” of the European headquarters.
Carrefour achieved in 2022 a turnover up by 16% to 90.8 billion euros, and a net profit jumping to 1.35 billion euros, or 26% better than the previous year.