Bayer Secures Backing For Job Cuts But Not For Break-Up

The German major's works council has agreed to support a significant reduction in managerial jobs but is “vigorously campaigning” to ensure that the firm's three-division structure remains intact.

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• Source: Bayer

Bayer CEO Bill Anderson's plans for a radical realignment of the company to reduce bureaucracy and increase efficiency have been bolstered by union backing in Germany for major management job cuts, but any proposals to break up its three-pillar structure of pharma, consumer health and crop science will likely meet with considerable opposition.

The Leverkusen-headquartered group has introduced a new operating model called dynamic shared ownership (DSO) worldwide, which Bayer claims will "reduce hierarchies, eliminate bureaucracy, streamline structures and accelerate decision-making processes

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