Vodafone Group—VodafoneThree offshored UK network planning jobs to India despite merger job creation promises
In October 2025, the newly merged VodafoneThree entity informed staff that planning and optimization jobs in its UK Network Development division would be offshored to India under new contracts with Ericsson and Nokia. Permanent staff were told they were 'at risk of redundancy' and employment protections wouldn't apply. Employees noted 'the merger was supposed to create jobs for the UK.' This is part of Vodafone's broader plan to cut 55,000 jobs by 2030.
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| Topic | Direction | Relevance | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worker Rights | -against | primary | -1.00 |
| Overall incident score = | -0.500 | ||
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