Monday, Apr 28, 2008

RBS seen axing 7,000 jobs

reuters: RBS seen axing 7,000 jobs

Royal Bank of Scotland will this week start the integration of ABN AMRO's investment bank in a move likely to trigger the loss of about 7,000 jobs out of a combined total of 28,000, the Financial Times said.

Posted by mark @ 10:10 AM (282 views) Add Comment

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1. dohousescrashinthewoods said...

That would be a 25% cut in the workforce?
Yowsers. "Economic fundamentals remain strong, such as low unemployment".

Monday, April 28, 2008 11:40AM Report Comment
 

2. Hosko said...

Job losses as a result of a merger are nothing new - in fact it's usually pretty much standard operating procedure to get rid of jobs that overlap between merged entities so in itself it's a pretty incidental story.

Monday, April 28, 2008 10:58PM Report Comment
 

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