sol leaves telstra, page-8

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25109279-36418,00.html


10,000 jobs axed, more to come - Trujillo

* Font Size: Decrease Increase
* Print Page: Print

February 26, 2009
Article from: Australian Associated Press

SOL Trujillo says more than 10,000 Telstra jobs have been axed since he became chief executive of the telco and there are more job losses to come.

Telstra said it would cut up to 12,000 jobs as part of a five-year transformation plan which started when Mr Trujillo started with the telco in 2005.

Mr Trujillo confirmed on Thursday that 10,143 jobs had been cut since he arrived and more were to come as people working on the company's transformation completed their tasks.

"I think that there is more that will come naturally," Mr Trujillo told journalists on Thursday.

"We do a lot of contracting, we do a lot of other work, in terms of our transformation, and a lot of that work will go away."