{"id":259549,"date":"2018-07-19T11:08:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T09:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=259549"},"modified":"2018-07-19T11:08:25","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T09:08:25","slug":"internet-solutions-plans-staff-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/259549\/internet-solutions-plans-staff-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet Solutions plans staff cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Numerous employees at Internet Solutions are facing retrenchment as a round of staff cuts is planned at the company.<\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband has received information that several hundred employees have received notifications that their positions are at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The company, however, plans to re-employ some of the employees who are facing retrenchment.<\/p>\n<p>The latest staff cuts at IS follow a <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/179602-big-changes-at-internet-solutions.html\"><strong>similar process<\/strong><\/a> in September 2016, where the company cut jobs to \u201cstreamline departments, roles, and responsibilities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Internet Solutions CEO Saki Missaikos said the company was undergoing a \u201crationalisation process across all business units\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe restructure aims to deliver improved client experience, through more efficient and competitive operations,\u201d said Missaikos at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough this process, Internet Solutions will continue to intensify focus on areas where they are positioned for long-term leadership, client value, and growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear what is behind the latest round of staff cuts at Internet Solutions, and how the previous restructuring fits into the picture.<\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband asked Internet Solutions for comment regarding its planned staff cuts, and the company said it was preparing a media statement on the matter.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/190576\/mtn-weighing-600-million-offer-for-internet-solutions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MTN weighing $600 million offer for Internet Solutions \u2013 report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numerous employees at Internet Solutions are facing retrenchment as a round of staff cuts are planned at the company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":209411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[97],"class_list":["post-259549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-internet-solutions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259549"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":259551,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259549\/revisions\/259551"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}