March 3 (Reuters) - Several European companies are cutting jobs, with reasons ranging from U.S. tariffs and weak demand to the artificial intelligence shift.
Here are some of the announcements made so far in 2026:
SECTOR COMPANY JOB % OF DATE DETAI
CUTS WORKFORCE LS
Consume Heineke 6,000 around Februar Jobs
r goods n 6.9% y 11 to be
cut
globa
lly
over
next
two
years
as
strai
ned
consu
mer
finan
ces,
bad
weath
er
and
geopo
litic
al
tensi
ons
take
their
toll
Consume SEB up to around Februar Cuts
r goods 2,100 6.6% y 25 are
part
of
restr
uctur
ing
plan
aimed
at
savin
g 200
milli
on
euros
($232
milli
on)
by
end-2
027
Semicon AMS around around Februar Jobs
ductors Osram 2,000 10.5% y 10 to be
cut
under
cost-
cutti
ng
plan,
rough
ly
half
of
cuts
expec
ted
in
Europ
e
Semicon ASML 1,700 3.8% January Part
ductors 28 of a
broad
er
plan
to
shed
3,000
manag
ement
posts
and
hire
engin
eers
to
focus
on
innov
ation
Shippin DB 6,000 around Februar Jobs
g Cargo 43% y 19 to be
cut
by
2030
as
part
of
restr
uctur
ing
aimed
at
retur
ning
to
profi
t
Shippin Kuehne+ more around March 3 Job
g Nagel than 2.4% cuts
2,000 as
part
of a
wider
cost
savin
g
progr
amme,
up
from
the
up to
1,500
cuts
previ
ously
annou
nced
Steel Arcelor more over 10% Februar Two
Mittal than of y 27 divis
2,400 workforce ions
of of
subsidiar Arcel
y orMit
ArcelorMi tal's
ttal Ukrai
Kryvyi nian
Rih subsi
diary
Arcel
orMit
tal
Kryvy
i Rih
closi
ng
due
to a
deepe
ning
energ
y
crisi
s
cause
d by
Russi
a's
attac
ks on
the
count
ry's
energ
y
syste
m
Technol Ocado 1,000 less than Februar Part
ogy 5% y 26 of a
drive
to
lower
techn
ology
and
suppo
rt
costs
by
150
milli
on
pound
s
($199
.46
milli
on)
in
its
2025/
26
fisca
l
year
Telecom Ericsso 1,600 1.8% January Cuts
municat n 15 in
ions Swede
n
mark
conti
nuati
on of
headc
ount
reduc
tion
over
past
three
years
in an
effor
t to
maint
ain
profi
tabil
ity
Telecom Proximu 1,200 15% Februar Jobs
municat s y 27 to be
ions cut
by
2030
due
to
AI-re
lated
effic
iency
measu
res
Sources: Regulatory filings, Reuters reporting and company websites
($1 = 0.8621 euros)
($1 = 0.7520 pounds)
(Compiled by Boleslaw Lasocki, Bernadette Hogg and Mireia Merino in Gdansk; Edited by Milla Nissi-Prussak and Matt Scuffham)




















