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T-Mobile to Trim 5,000 Jobs in Drive for Efficiency Enhancement

By  Milcah  Tanimu

T-Mobile is implementing substantial workforce reductions, leading to the termination of thousands of employees’ positions, with the aim of streamlining operations and reinforcing its competitive stance within the wireless sector.

CEO Mike Sievert conveyed this downsizing initiative in an email announcement on Thursday. Over the next five weeks, T-Mobile’s workforce will see a reduction of nearly 5,000 employees. By the end of the following month, the company plans to complete notifications to all affected individuals. The details were disclosed through an email published on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) website.

The layoffs are targeted mainly at corporate, back-office, and select technology-related roles. These eliminations are directed at positions that either duplicate other functions, are aligned with evolving systems or processes, or do not align with current company priorities, as noted by CEO Mike Sievert.

Sievert assured T-Mobile’s customer service front-line, encompassing retail and consumer care experts, will remain untouched by these layoffs.

As of the close of 2022, T-Mobile’s workforce included over 71,000 individuals in both full-time and part-time capacities. The impending layoffs will account for approximately 7% of the total headcount.

Sievert contextualized these changes as a means to focus on a defined set of successful strategies, which will enable the company to outpace competitors, meet growing customer demands, and fulfill shareholder obligations. He attributed part of these heightened customer demands to the increased competition brought about by the merger with Sprint, a deal valued at $26.5 billion.

The company expressed its intention to provide departing employees with competitive severance packages based on their tenure, along with a minimum of 60 days of transition leave. Additional benefits include continued tuition reimbursement, career transition services, and access to the T-Mobile alumni service discount.

T-Mobile anticipates an associated pre-tax charge of approximately $450 million due to these workforce reductions, which will be accounted for in the third quarter.

The wireless carrier previously revised its projections for core adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), along with its postpaid net customer additions, during its second-quarter financial report in late July.

T-Mobile’s stock price experienced a modest drop of nearly 2% from its morning opening as of Thursday afternoon.

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