Previously, Hisense Group was laid off 10,000 people worldwide, and then clarified that it was only the normal final elimination. On April 23, Reuters reported that Hisense Europe said that due to the decline in demand due to new coronary pneumonia, Hisense will lay off about 2,200 people in Europe before the end of 2020.
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According to the report, Hisense ’s orders in March fell by a third year-on-year, and in April it fell by two-thirds. It is expected that they will fall by a quarter in the next two months. The company has 9,309 employees in Europe, of which 5,580 work in Slovenia, the rest mainly in the Czech Republic and Serbia.
Specifically, Hisense plans to reduce the number of jobs in Slovenia by about 1,000, and the total number of jobs in other countries by 1,200. Hisense Europe expects that it will lose tens of millions of euros in the first half of this year, after previously forecasting a profit of 1.1 million euros.
Hisense said in a statement that the number of employees in all departments in Europe will be reduced, and layoffs will include outsourcing, voluntary resignation and retirement.
It is understood that Slovenia has reported 1,366 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, of which 79 have died. Since mid-March, all local schools, bars, restaurants, hotels and cultural institutions have been closed and public transportation has been suspended.
