T-Mobile Cuts ~5,000 Jobs (7%) in Largest Post-Merger Reduction

T-Mobile cut about 5,000 jobs -- roughly 7% of staff -- mostly corporate and back-office roles it called "primarily duplicative," in its largest reduction since the Sprint merger.

T-Mobile

August 2023

5,000 employees affected

Bellevue, WA / Global

Why Did This Happen?

Eliminating duplicative roles after the Sprint integration

Reducing middle-management layers

Pressure to protect margins amid slowing wireless subscriber growth

Shifting investment toward network and digital capabilities

Impact Analysis

The reduction concentrated in corporate and back-office functions rather than retail, and set the stage for further restructuring under new leadership in subsequent years.

Source: CNNView original

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