2023-09-20 10:30:58
Tamedia will cut up to 28 positions out of 250 employees in French-speaking Switzerland, or around 10% of the workforce. These job cuts affect all titles. The goal is to save 3.5 million.
Staff were informed of the restructuring on Wednesday. “28 positions is the worst-case scenario,” declared Christine Gabella, director of French-speaking Switzerland at Tamedia on Wednesday in front of the press in Lausanne. Staff were informed of the restructuring on Wednesday. A consultation procedure has been launched.
“This extremely important news on the scale of French-speaking Switzerland has provoked numerous reactions in the editorial offices,” she added. No title is spared, added Andreas Schaffner, co-director at Tamedia.
These measures are made necessary by the evolution of turnover in French-speaking Switzerland. A reorganization of the editorial staff accompanies them. The economic model is under pressure due to the evolution of digital, continued Christine Gabella.
“Savings at the expense of staff”
In a press release, the editorial staff of 24 Heures, the Tribune de Genève, Le Matin Dimanche, Tamedia (Swiss, world, economy sections), the TES entities (photography, editing and layout), the Digital Cell as well as the The professional association impressum “strongly denounce” the decision of TX Group.
And to recall that since the takeover of Edipresse by Tamedia in 2011, “announcements of layoffs have followed one another”, including in particular a savings plan of 70 million francs in 2020 which had affected the group’s French-speaking editorial offices.
“Today, French-speaking Switzerland is losing nearly 30 jobs in its editorial offices, German-speaking Switzerland will also, undoubtedly, lose jobs (announcements from Tamedia for German-speaking Switzerland are planned for tomorrow). The situation, in terms of loss of staff and skills, amounts to the loss of a title like Le Matin”, we can also read in the press release.
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