OVO Energy, which bought the household supply business of SSE for £500m just months ago, has announced plans to slash 2,600 jobs.
The company said its integration plans, including a drive for digital and investment in a zero carbon future, had been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
OVO said it had initially expected the moulding of the two companies to have taken a number of years but it hoped to achieve the cuts through volunteers though it could not rule out compulsory redundancies.
It said of the roles affected: “As part of the integration, the company will remove complexities and duplication by combining SSE Energy Services and OVO’s home services, lettings business, metering, commercial efforts and support functions.
“It will continue to digitise legacy SSE processes and move the business onto a common set of systems to meet the demands of an increasingly digital consumer and a more agile workforce.
“To accommodate these changes, and as part of a move towards more flexible working the Selkirk, Reading and Glasgow Waterloo Street office locations will be closed.
“The employees in these sites will be able to either work from home or at an alternative office.”
The union Unison said plans to offshore a further 700 jobs to South Africa were abandoned by the company.
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