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