Overview
- The review presented to the European works council could potentially affect more than 5,600 employees across about 20 countries, including roughly 1,650 in France.
- Management describes a plan to standardize dispersed activities by building a services hub in India and expanding a Polish center, with the use of artificial intelligence to improve performance.
- Employee representatives say the company has already hired about 900 people in India for these support roles.
- An earlier wave announced last spring covered just over 4,000 jobs, with about 1,400 positions actually offshored so far, and that program is still underway.
- Targeted areas include IT, logistics, maintenance and related providers, exclude steel production roles, and will return for discussion on February 26 at the group’s European headquarters in Luxembourg.