Getir cut 2,500 jobs (11% of its 23,000-person workforce) in August 2023 across Turkey, UK, Germany, Netherlands, and USA after exiting Italy, Spain, and Portugal. The company described the decision as made "with a heavy heart" but necessary to "increase operational efficiency." This followed an earlier round of mass redundancies in March 2023 after acquiring rival Gorillas.
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Getir's March 2023 layoffs were described by employees as a "redundancy massacre." Staff were let go daily through one-to-one meetings with no notice or consultation period — computer accounts disabled "on the hourly marker." One employee reported workers were "left crying and angry at management." Laid off employees received only two months' salary through legal settlement.
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