By John Glenday

BT has set itself an ambitious cost saving target of £1.5bn through reducing its workforce by 13,000 by 2021 and abandoning its prestigious central London head office.

Back office staff and middle managers at the telecommunications giant are braced for the brunt of the cutbacks, having been put on notice that two-thirds of the global reduction in headcount to be drawn from its 80,000 strong UK workforce.

The balance will be drawn from BT’s 18,000 international staff but the exodus will be offset somewhat by the employment of 6,000 new staff, predominantly in customer service and engineering as BT scales Read full story ›

Source: The Drum