Fujitsu announced that more than 3,000 executives over the age of 50 will retire due to the early retirement that was being recruited in line with the business review.
According to the announcement, 3031 employees aged 50 and over who belong to the head office and group companies in Japan and are at the section chief level or above will retire early, which is about one-fifth of the executive employees in Japan.
The company was reviewing the internal personnel composition to strengthen the DX = digital transformation business, and was looking for early retirement.
The company is planning to retire at the end of this month, and the company has announced that it will reduce its final profit forecast for the year to this month by 45 billion yen because it will cost money to add severance pay.
In the future, in addition to hiring new graduates, we plan to strengthen mid-career hiring of human resources who specialize in digital technology.
Among the companies, JT = Japan Tobacco is also reviewing its business and organization, with about 3,100 people responding to voluntary retirement due to a review of its domestic business, and Olympus, a major precision equipment company, responding to voluntary retirement last year with more than 840 people responding to voluntary retirement. The movement is spreading.