The hiring of 15,000 young people in 2021 at Carrefour, promised by his boss, would have a "
perverse effect
": the end of the recruitment of fixed-term contracts and the non-renewal of employees already in post, even those who had a promise to hire , warn unions on Friday.
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At the beginning of December, the CEO of Carrefour Alexandre Bompard had announced that the giant of the mass distribution would hire, in 2021, 15,000 young people of the “
Covid generation
” in CDI or in work-study, 50% more than in the normal year.
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We are discovering the perverse effect of this announcement, with the immediate elimination of most fixed-term contracts at Carrefour Market (and practically no more permanent hiring in the Carrefour group in 2021)
", underlines the CGT Commerces et Services in a statement.
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However, the employees on fixed-term contracts have not been unworthy and some of them even had a promise of employment on a permanent contract,
" the statement continued.
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We thought that Alexandre Bompard's announcement was a good thing, that it was done in addition to current jobs
", but "at the
beginning of January, they announced in many stores the end of fixed-term contracts to replace them with young people
”, specifies to AFP Philippe Allard, delegate of CGT group.
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This announcement had the effect of + squeezing + long-term fixed-term contracts which were not in the + young + age group
", confirmed Thierry Babot, national representative of CFDT Carrefour hypermarkets.
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It's damaging, because it includes fixed-term contracts which have been there for a long time and were quite valid
", he regretted.
"We
should have kept the fixed-term contracts in place
."
These young people will be hired on permanent contracts for 7,000 of them and on a work-study basis for 8,000, according to a document sent Thursday to members of the central social and economic committee (CSE) of Carrefour.
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With this method of recruitment, Carrefour wanted to move towards a more lasting and more qualified job
", reacted the group to AFP.
The announcement of its CEO "
aims to substitute sustainable jobs for precarious jobs
".
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If some fixed-term contracts are not renewed, it is because they were not intended to be,
" added management, specifying that "
fixed-term contracts (could) be renewed
" despite this announcement.