Unions claim that the Anglo-Dutch company is planning to cut 2,500 jobs, mainly in its IT, human resources, and finance and accounting departments, by outsourcing the work to central Europe and Asia.
A Unilever spokesperson told Computer Business Review that the unions’ estimates are wildly inaccurate because it is still in the review stage, and might still choose to keep the work in-house. However, as revealed last month, Computer Business Review has learned from sources close to the deal that the company is in exclusive contract negotiations with Accenture over an HR outsourcing deal worth over $1bn. Accenture is also bidding for the IT and F&A contracts in competition with IBM.
