Just Eat has become the latest major UK company this week to announce cost cutting measures that will affect customers The company are axing 1,700 delivery drivers as demand for their food delivery service slows down amid the cost of living crisis. Staff were told about the changes on Tuesday.
Those losing their jobs are employed delivery drivers as opposed to self-employed drivers. They have been given six weeks notice at full pay.
Just Eat says the move comes as it tries to "reorganise and simplify" its delivery operation as part of an "ongoing goal" to improve efficiency. This process involves the firm moving away from the "worker model for couriers" or "scoober model" which it says "is a small part of our overall delivery operations". Just Eat says these specific operations run in "certain parts of six UK cities", the Mirror reports.
