Shell to axe 2,800 IT jobs

13 April 2012

OIL giant Shell is planning to axe up to 2,800 IT jobs, the group said tonight. Shell said it intends to cut between 1,900 and 2,800 jobs from the 9,300-strong workforce in its technology division by the end of 2006.

The division has sites and staff in the UK, the Netherlands, the US and Malaysia. The group has refused to say how countries and sites will be affected.

Shell expects to save it £475.3m by outsourcing operations to India and Malaysia and through rationalisation and standardisation of infrastructure, a spokeswoman said.

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