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Russia's Energy Company Gazprom Weighs Laying Off 1,600 Managers Amid Wartime Losses (www.themoscowtimes.com)

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Russian energy giant Gazprom might soon lay off some 1,600 managers in an effort to cut payroll expenses, St. Petersburg media reported Monday, citing a letter from a board member to the company’s CEO Alexei Miller.

The proposal comes as Gazprom faces a sharp wartime downturn, with its gas trade to Europe — once its primary market — collapsing in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In 2023, Gazprom posted its first annual net loss since 1999.

Yelena Ilyukhina, deputy chairwoman of Gazprom’s management board, highlighted in a Dec. 23 letter to Miller that the company’s management staff at its St. Petersburg headquarters had grown to more than 4,100 people over the past two decades.

According to the letter, published by the local news outlet 47news.ru, payroll expenses at Gazprom’s headquarters total over 50 billion rubles ($486 million). Ilyukhina proposed reducing the number of managers to 2,500 and called for “optimization” proposals to be submitted to Miller by Feb. 15.

Gazprom’s deputy chairman, Sergei Kupriyanov, confirmed the letter’s authenticity to Forbes Russia but declined to provide additional comments.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

1,000 to 1,600 terminations

...not good, not bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago

"Comrade, did you hear about the team retreat?"

"Nah! We don't use word retreat remember?"

"Whatever Vlad, just wanted to make sure you had your camping gear?"

"Yeah, but how are we ever going to get any teamwork training by just backpacking"