Sainsbury's shelve HR in 2000 staff job cuts

In-store HR at Sainsbury’s is set to be hit by the retailer’s plans to axe 2000 jobs amid a price cut war with discount competitors Aldi and Lidl – The Guardian reports.

The grocery chain plans to restructure its HR departments, getting rid of 1,400 store-based clerks and another 600 in back offices.

Sainsbury’s, which employs about 119,000 full-time staff, is moving towards a centralised HR model as it overhauls current employment structures to save hundreds of millions of pounds. The changes to HR mean tasks like processing payroll will no longer be done in store.

Ok..2000 jobs going at #SAINSBURY'S mostly in the department that looks after #HUMANRESOURCES ??? This after 400 at #VAUXHALL #BREXIT ?

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