Rogers offering voluntary buyouts in bid to reduce corporate-office head count in wake of Shaw merger

Rogers is offering voluntary severance packages to employees in the wake of its takeover of Shaw.and Rogers CEO Tony Staffieri said in a memo to employees Tuesday that the “integration of the two companies is going well,” but that the combined business is looking to “eliminate duplicate roles.”

Merging companies typically find cost savings by cutting jobs in departments that can be combined across one bigger firm, such as marketing, accounting and human resources. Toronto-based RogersThe company’s bid to reduce its corporate-office head count comes as Rogers has said it still plans to hire on the customer-service and technical side.

“Since coming together with Shaw, we’ve hired over 2,000 employees and we remain committed to creating thousands of jobs over the next few years as our business continues to grow,” Rogers spokesperson Sarah Schmidt said Tuesday. Most customer-facing workers, those on media production teams and those with “critical support functions” will not be eligible for the buyouts, he said.

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