JLR to cut 2,000 white collar jobs
Jaguar LandRover (JLR) is to axe 2,000 management jobs over the next financial year.
The job cuts will be across roles such as managers, designers, technicians and admin staff. Factory staff are thought to be unaffected by the cuts.
JLR has sites in Castle Bromwich and Solihull as well as its engineering centre and headquarters in Gaydon, Warwickshire, but it is not yet clear where the job cuts will be made.
The car maker said it was too early to know how many roles would be affected in the UK, or which plants would be impacted, but out of 37,000 global staff, 30,000 are based within the UK.
JLR has been slashing jobs on the factory floor, particularly since the impact of the coronavirus pandemic affected sales and closed showrooms.
It lost 1,000 jobs in 2018 and 4,500 in January 2019, and following the COVID-19 crisis last year it revealed 1,600 jobs were to be lost.
Earlier this week, JLR revealed its ambition to become and all-electric vehicle manufacturer by the end of the decade.
The business, which has manufacturing sites in Halewood, Merseyside, and Castle Bromwich and Solihull in the West Midlands, also revealed today that Solihull will be the home to the future advanced Jaguar pure electric platform.
JLR unveiled its plans as part of its ‘Reimagine’ strategy, presented by chief executive, Thierry Bolloré, who revealed that the Castle Bromwich plant will be “repurposed” in the future, while Halewood will receive new investment to create future electric models.
