Telekom Austria offloads staff to police

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26 November 2009

Telekom Austria has found an unusual way of reducing its staff: 500 of them, still classed as civil servants, are to join the police

Comment: Telekom Austria — like some other former government-owned incumbents — is faced with a challenge of what to do with its excess staff as it transforms to all-IP new-generation technology. The transfer of 500 to the police is a novel step — but still leaves Telekom Austria with 5,600 former government employees. That’s an expensive overhead to carry.

Telekom Austria is to transfer up to 500 of...

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