Bad news for the staff of group E. This will separate from 188 people in the coming months in French-speaking Switzerland. He “is forced to review the activity of his branches in the Bernese Jura, the cantons of Jura, Neuchâtel, Vaud, Friborg and Valais,” he announced on Wednesday. The electricity producer and distributor currently employs 2,600 people throughout Switzerland.
“Group E will implement support for the employees concerned,” he warns. Depending on the results of the consultation procedure, which begins this Wednesday and will end in mid-May, the decrease in the number of positions will take place in 2025 or early 2026. A social plan, drawn up in consultation with the social partners, commissions and representations of staff, will be set up, he explains.
“These measures are certainly difficult, but they were taken at the end of an in-depth analysis,” explains Jacques Mauron, Director General of Group E. They aim to restore our operational performance from 2026. We are fully aware of their human impact, “he said.
-He makes say that the group notes a drop in turnover. After the record year from 2023 to 1.095 billion, turnover bent at 1.051 billion in 2024. “This level remains largely below expectations and requires recovery measures,” he said. The operating profit (EBIT) is withdrawn to be 12 million francs against 18 million in 2023.
The drop in consumption volumes, due to the sweetness of the climate, the development of self -consumption and the energy savings of customers, weighed on group income, explains Group E. The latter especially indicates that it has been due to a marked drop in sales in the photovoltaic and heat pumps since 2023. This led him to a strategy analysis which today leads to this major restructuring which concerns 7.2% of its staff.
This reorganization will have no impact on customers: Group E guarantees the continuity and quality of its services, he specifies. In addition, in order to decarbonize its energy consumption, meet growing electricity needs and reduce Switzerland’s energy dependence to its neighboring countries, he indicates that he will continue his investments up to two billion francs over the next ten years in French -speaking Switzerland.
