German groceries app Gorillas poised for job cuts in Spain
BERLIN (Reuters) – German grocery supply app Gorillas is contemplating jobs cuts in Spain and has requested its staff to elect representatives for the method, the Berlin firm stated on Tuesday.
Prospects within the 4 Spanish cities the place Gorillas operates – Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia and Alicante – will proceed to be served in the interim, the corporate stated in response to a Reuters request for remark.
The beginning-up, which was based in 2020, at present employs a number of hundred folks in Spain, the place its native opponents embrace Getir and Glovo.
Final month, Gorillas stated it could lay off 300 folks, slicing its administrative workers in half, because it seeks to grow to be worthwhile after rising quickly through the COVID-19 pandemic. [L5N2XG1NK]
The corporate additionally introduced that it could look into promoting its companies in Belgium, Denmark, Italy and Spain. Solely in Spain have been redundancies being examined, Gorillas stated on Tuesday.
(Reporting by Nadine Schimroszik, Writing by Rachel Extra; Enhancing by Madeline Chambers)
