'Manchester jobs at risk as takeaway delivery firm Deliveroo reveals plans to cut around 350 roles
Jobs in Manchester have been put at risk after takeaway delivery firm Deliveroo revealed plans to cut hundreds of roles.Deliveroo said roles at all levels will be impacted, but it hopes the job losses will be closer to 300 after redeploying affected staff to other roles.The group said the move follows aggressive hiring in recent years amid the Covid boom in demand for takeaways, while it also needs to "go further" it putting itself on the path to profitability.
"I have been through one of these processes once before. I said then that it was the hardest thing I’d ever done, and this is just as bad. But however much it pains me, I know it’s nothing compared to how those impacted will be feeling. We will do everything to support you." "We are experiencing record high inflation, rising interest rates, an energy crisis and fears of a recession in the UK. "We have to run our business in the most efficient way possible to withstand these challenges, and take a hard look at our cost base.
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