Swiss Post is losing parcel volume : 70 jobs to be cut

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Swiss Post is losing parcel volume – 70 jobs to be cut

In future, Deutsche Post will have its parcels destined for Switzerland cleared through customs and delivered by DHL instead of by Swiss Post. This means that Swiss Post will lose business to the tune of three out of four parcels – 4,600 of the 6,300 parcels it handles on a daily basis – at the Exchange Office Basel. Therefore, Swiss Post is obliged to cut between 60 and 70 jobs at the Exchange Office Basel. The job cuts will affect customs agents, customs clearance officers and other logistics staff. Swiss Post is aware of its social responsibility and is drawing up the necessary measures together with the social partners. If possible, it will seek to employ the staff in question elsewhere at Swiss Post.

To date, Swiss Post has cleared all parcels mailed to Switzerland from Germany through customs at the Exchange Office Basel located in the Swiss Post building at the railway station (Bahnhof SBB) and channelled them into its parcel delivery network. For the 90 or so employees at the Exchange Office Basel, these parcels – around 4,600 of the total 6,300 parcels handled each day – are the most important earnings pillar of customs clearance and interface logistics. This source of revenue is now being eliminated. On 8 June, Deutsche Post began to gradually transfer these parcels to the channel of its delivery company DHL. DHL will thus handle customs clearance and delivery of the parcels to Switzerland.
Majority of jobs to be cut

The loss of three-quarters of the parcel business will have consequences. Swiss Post is obliged to reduce most of the jobs in Basel. This means that over two-thirds of the employees will lose their jobs. Swiss Post expects the job cuts to affect 60-70 employees. Around one third of them are customs agents and customs clearance officers. The other two thirds are logistics employees. Swiss Post is aware of its social responsibility. It informed the employees of the plans of Deutsche Post and the possible consequences for the Exchange Office Basel in mid-May. Swiss Post is in contact with the social partners and is drawing up the necessary measures together with them. It will do its best to offer the employees concerned another position within the company.
Consignment requests to be handled via DHL in future

Deutsche Post will gradually transfer its parcels to the DHL channel. The transfer is scheduled for completion in the autumn. All questions relating to delivery and customs clearance for parcels processed by DHL must be addressed directly to DHL from now on.