The global spilbutik GameStop pulls out of Denmark. It shows internal documents, which Ekstra Bladet has had access to.
the Rumors of closure have flourished for a longer time. And they fit the same. According to the papers announced the company’s irish director, Michael Van den Berg, already 7. October 2019, to all of the employees now losing their jobs:
‘the Background is a desire to optimize the GameStops global business and to cease all activity in Denmark by per. 28. February 2021 due to the economic deficit of the past 5 years,’ he writes, among others, in the statutory orientation, as the company needs to give a collective dismissal.
How to begin the two page orientation from the management of GameStop to the staff. Screen dump from the document
Even though the reason given for the closure is a deficit, then reveals a check of the company’s Danish financial statements, to GameStop denmark has had surpluses in most of the most recent fiscal year. But both turnover and profits are on the way down.
globally, the us-owned chain, with nearly 6,000 stores in the so far 14 countries have problems selling games and game equipment enough
in Addition to the Danish stores are planning GameStop gathered to close up to 200 stores in several countries, including Norway and Sweden.
The approximately 187 employees distributed in 34 stores around in most of the country. And they will as a rule be terminated six months before their store closes.
It is planned that the first business closes at the end of december 2019, in Svendborg, denmark, displays the overview of the redundancies, which the management has shared with the staff.
In the spring follows a number of other stores after, while the remaining shops are continually closing up to 21. February 2021.
At HK Trade who have participated in the negotiations with GameStop, confirms that the chain closes down.
– It has basically been a o.k. scenario where the company as a part of the package, they offer staff help to move forward, explains the professional chef Stephan Agger to Ekstra Bladet.
– But we have assessed that the company’s proposal for a severance agreement with the employees provides some requirements on the full and final waiver of their rights, as we will advise them to write in if they have not sought advice in their union first.
– You will need to have an overview of the entire employment relationship, before you sign on such an agreement.
How to allocates redundancies according to the internal documents from GameStop. Screen dump from the document
the Assessment at HK Trade is that it will be possible for several of the fired to find a new job:
– When we talk about the possibility of getting a new job, there are of course regional differences in employment, stresses Stephan Agger.
– And we are talking simultaneously about reasonably specialized personnel, but the feedback to us is that there is a need for skilled labour in the retail industry.
the Extra Leaf has this week asked both the international management of GameStop and the company’s Danish counsel on a comment to the closure, but they have not responded to the newspaper’s inquiries.
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