A true rejuvenation cure : Thomas Sattelberger, Deutsche Telekom AG's HR manager, announced, on January 18, 2008, that the company was going to employ 4.000 employees this year, mainly young graduates, to jazz its image up. Aside from that, DT continues its huge staff reduction programme, which plans the "voluntary" leave of 32.000 employees by the end of 2008. (Ref. 080060)
According to Corinna Kielwein, the phone company’s spokeswoman, this double policy can be explained by the company’s long history, born from the outburst of the Deutsche Bundespost in 1990, by the important number of “civil servants” inherited from the state-owned company, and by the age structure and the staff’s skills. “The market has changed. To remain competitive, we must do what it takes to have, in the coming years, the right people onboard, with skills turned towards the future”, the spokeswoman told e-europnews.
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