Issue No 113 | 28 September 2001 | |
NewsAOL Sheds Non-Union Staff
AOL Australia in a surprise move this week, shed 20 jobs as part of the restructure of the company affecting a total of 10 per cent of the company. Further jobs in the training and customer service sections have been abolished and it is unclear just how many other employees will be made redundant over the next few weeks. Customer Service and Technical Support have been merged into a new Member Services section and as many as 15 more people may lose their position with the company under the restructure. AOL Australia has employed a consultant to take the company through a total restructure because the Australian outfit is apparently not meeting targets - despite the September 11 announcement that AOL membership worldwide has just exceeded 31 million. Australian membership is estimated at around 60,000. In fact, worldwide, AOL Time Warner reaps 42 percent of its revenue from membership subscriptions. A source told Workers Online that employees, who are employed on a non-union enterprise bargaining agreement, are extremely concerned as they have been advised that they will have to apply for jobs in other sections of the company. It has been confirmed that they will still be employed under the same EBA. There are some concerns that technical support employees who are skilled computer technicians may also be replaced by do-it-yourself computer help from the AOL homepage and technicians who are looking up the answers from a computer program.
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