By Nick Heath, 12 May 2009 14:54
NEWS
Barclays has announced fresh tech job cuts that could see up to 350 permanent IT posts axed.
Job losses will take place in the Global Retail and Commercial Banking (GRCB) Technology department this year, staff were told by email.
The email warns that up to 700 IT jobs could go but Keith Brookes, national secretary for Barclays at union Unite, said about half of these were included in the 1,800 tech jobs that Barclays earmarked to be scrapped in 2008, under the Global Infrastructure and Service Delivery (GISD) reform programme. The bank also announced it would be axing 400 IT posts in January of this year.
Jobs are expected to go from Barclays centres at London, Northampton, Poole and Radbroke.
The losses are part of a shake-up of the GRCB Technology department, which is a new project that includes some of the changes outlined under the GISD programme last year, as well as some new changes.
Unite's Brookes said that the new GRCB Technology reform programme did include more of a commitment to keeping jobs at Radbroke.
"We are disappointed at the job losses in the middle of a recession and disappointed that Barclays is still offshoring but are pleased at the extra security being offered at Radbroke," he said.
He said that the majority of workers who would be cut would effectively have at least six months before losing their jobs.
The email, sent out by Brookes and Barclays GRCB Technology executive committee, said of the changes: "Across GRCB Technology we have been progressing planned activities to ensure GRCB Technology is in the best position possible to successfully deliver our commitment to being the organisation that powers business growth at Barclays."
Barclays declined to further comment on the losses at this time.
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1. anonymous
British IT jobs getting off-shored. So much for Gordon Brown's high quality tech jobs to lead us out of depression.
Maybe they need to get rid of some of the idiots who have been running Barclay's of late, as at least IT supports the business and does not flush ££bn's down the toilet on low-quality loans.
People with poor credit ratings not being able to re-pay their loans. Not exactly rocket science. Kinda why they have a POOR CREDIT RATING in the first place. The clue is in the words.
Will the last person out of the UK please switch the light off.